MagaSwaga Potent Notables

Notable: Pepsi wants to shill their product to you from Space

Pepsi considers space billboards to project logo across night sky using satellites

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/pepsi-space-billboards-logo-satellite-ads-startrocket-a8872356.html

Notable: (NZ bread) Updated timeline of Christchurch terrorist attack released by police

Updated timeline of Christchurch terrorist attack released by police

STUFF - 2019/04/16 13:54

In the minutes after the terror attack began at 1.40pm, police also believed they had three shooting scenes on their hands. There were reports that shots were fired at Christchurch Hospital's emergency department, but it later transpired that did not happen. 

Police learned about the Linwood attack at 1.56pm, when a member of the public flagged down a police car and told them shots had been fired in the east Christchurch area. 

The new details are contained in a just-released detailed timeline of the police response to the Christchurch terror attacks. 

On Wednesday, Commissioner Mike Bush said the public should have as much information about the response as possible.

ARREST 18 MINUTES AFTER ATTACK STARTED

The response began at 1.40pm on March 15. It took six minutes after the first 111 call for the Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) to arrive at the scene. 

An email with the alleged shooter's manifesto was received by several people, including Parliamentary Services.

Forty-four seconds later, Parliamentary Services called the police southern communications centre. That call lasted 12 minutes.

"We now know that while police was talking to Parliamentary Services the attack at Al Noor Mosque was already under way, having begun 44 seconds prior to Parliamentary Services calling," Bush said.

At 1.41pm, police received the first 111 call.

By 1.43pm, all available police units were en route to the Al Noor Mosque.

At 1.46pm, AOS members arrived near the scene. They left their vehicle, started approaching the mosque and a member stopped to help a critically injured victim.

"At this point the alleged offender is leaving the area, and his vehicle is obscured from the view of these AOS members by a bus," Bush said. 

"At this time there is no vehicle description, no information an offender has left the mosque, or how many shooters there are."

First responders arrived at the mosque at 1.51pm.

It took the alleged offender six minutes to get to the Linwood mosque. He was there for three minutes, before leaving at 1.55pm.

Sixteen seconds later, at 1.56pm, a member of the public flagged down a police car to advise shots had been fired in Linwood. Around the same time, police released information that shots have been fired at the Christchurch Emergency Department. It later transpired that no shots had been fired at the hospital.

At 1.57pm, the vehicle was seen by a police car on Brougham St and a pursuit began. The vehicle was stopped at 1.59pm and the offender was apprehended, Bush said.

There were 18 minutes from the time of the first 111 call to the arrest of the offender.

(moar)

http://archive.fo/GjrvY

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/112105934/police-release-timeline-of-response-to-christchurch-terror-attacks

Notable: @45_Schedule: Kim Jong Un carried out his first military-related visit for some time

https://twitter.com/45_Schedule/status/1118334327216115713

POTUS_Schedule

‏ @45_Schedule

Kim Jong Un carried out his first military-related visit for some time, according to NK state media:

An appearance at Unit 1017 of the Air and Anti-aircraft Force of the Korean People's Army (KPA).

Notable: Texas House voted 93-1 for the Born Alive Act

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1118332564350099457

Greg Abbott

@GregAbbott_TX

In Texas we support the lives of innocent children. The Texas House voted 93-1 for the Born Alive Act. "A baby who survives an abortion deserves the full protection of the law and the highest standards of medical care,” said Rep. Jeff Leach @leachfortexas

https://www.statesman.com/news/20190416/divided-house-backs-born-alive-abortion-bill

GMT

Notable: US health officials seek to stem measles outbreaks traced to Israel, Ukraine (Yahoo)

US health officials seek to stem measles outbreaks traced to Israel, Ukraine

Ivan Couronne April 16, 2019

The origins of the measles outbreak in the United States are not a mystery.

Persons infected with the virus brought it to the United States from Israel and Ukraine and passed it on to members of their communities, many of whom had not been vaccinated.

https://news.yahoo.com/us-health-officials-seek-stem-measles-outbreaks-traced-201240871.html

Notable: White House will not turn over documents on AT&T-Time Warner merger (Nasdaq)

White House will not turn over documents on AT&T-Time Warner merger

April 16 (Reuters) - The White House has told two U.S. House Democrats it will not turn over documents that could show whether Republican President Donald Trump sought to intervene in the regulatory review of AT&T Inc's$85 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc.

In March, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler and Representative David Cicilline, who chairs a panel overseeing antitrust issues, asked the White House and Justice Department to turn over records after The New Yorker magazine reported Trump directed then-National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn to use the Justice Department to block the deal.

Trump criticized the deal as a candidate in late 2016, saying it would concentrate too much media power in the hands of one owner, and later saying it would raise prices. He has also frequently attacked CNN, a Time Warner property now owned by AT&T, for what he sees as negative coverage of his campaign and administration.

In a letter dated Monday and released on Tuesday by Cicilline, White House counsel Pat Cipollone declined to release any documents, saying he would not provide "protected communications between the president and his senior advisers that are the very core of the executive branch's confidentiality interests."

Cipollone added that the Justice Department would be responding "in due course."

The two Democrats responded in a joint statement that "the White House Counsel has made a blanket claim that all White House communications — regardless of whether they contain evidence of improper or even unlawful activities — are protected by a cone of secrecy," adding they would "pursue this matter."

Makan Delrahim, the head of the Justice Department's antitrust division, said in a 2018 declaration he had never received "orders, instructions, or directions relating" to the AT&T-Time Warner deal from Trump, Justice Department officials or White House officials.

The Justice Department said in February it would not seek further appeals to block the merger.

In February 2018, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon rejected AT&T's request to see White House communications that might shed light on whether Trump pressured the Justice Department to try to block the deal.

AT&T lawyers said last year the deal may have been singled out for enforcement, citing as evidence statements by Trump as a candidate and as president that the deal was bad for consumers and the country. AT&T declined comment on Tuesday.

https://www.nasdaq.com/article/white-house-will-not-turn-over-documents-on-atttime-warner-merger-20190416-01071

Notable: Buttigieg infographics and digs

mayor pete the deep state

Notable: DJT twat "Soul" vs only Q drop with "Soul"

POTUS Tweets " May God Rest Their Soul!"

There is only one Q drop that contains "SOUL"

Ties to "Proof to begin 11.3"

Notable: >>6205276, >>6205295 Notre Dame charity scam digs

The entire Notre Dame fire is a scam to funnel charity money to the deep state. Also, for the keks, Better Business Bureau is controlled by CIA.

(PDFs are just dumps of the pages already screenshot)

Notable: Greg Craig and Ukraine fuckery, major donor to Clinton Foundation funded Ukraine report

https://twitter.com/EpochTimes/status/1118324449638539264

Notable: Trump twat, Crazy Bernie vs Sleep Joe as the 2 Dem finalists

New DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1118324360383746050

Notable: Almost 100 Abortion Clinic Workers Seek to Leave Industry After Seeing Pro-Life Movie ‘Unplanned’

Almost 100 Abortion Clinic Workers Seek to Leave Industry After Seeing Pro-Life Movie ‘Unplanned’

Chuck Konzelman, director of the Pure Flix movie “Unplanned,” revealed to Congress this week that nearly 100 abortion clinic workers have sought to leave their jobs after seeing the pro-life film.

During his testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Konzelman said 94 clinic workers have approached former Planned Parenthood executive Abby Johnson’s nonprofit, And Then There Were None, according to Pure Flix Insider.

“One percent of the abortion workers in the United States, after getting one look at them being portrayed on film,” he said, “have decided to change their lives … and what they do for a living.”

The Pure Flix filmmaker was on Capitol Hill to speak on a panel regarding Twitter’s alleged censorship of “Unplanned.” On its opening weekend in late March, the social media platform temporarily suspended the film’s promotional account.

“Unplanned” chronicles Johnson’s eight-year career at Planned Parenthood and her conversion to the pro-life movement after she watched a doctor perform an abortion via ultrasound.

Ashley Bratcher, the actor who portrays Johnson in the faith-based movie, tweeted Thursday she receives messages “every single day” from people whose lives — and minds — were changed after seeing “Unplanned.”

http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/entertainment/2019/april/almost-100-abortion-clinic-workers-seek-to-leave-industry-after-seeing-pro-life-movie-lsquo-unplanned-rsquo

Notable: Text messages from Chicago's Kim Foxx to staff, don't look good

Incoming….

Notable: Mass man pleads guilty to multiple counts of child pornography

Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Multiple Counts of Child Pornography Offenses

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/massachusetts-man-pleads-guilty-multiple-counts-child-pornography-offenses

Notable: >>6204984 Trump twat and Q post 2967 connected? Stringer?

>>6204846

>POTUS Tweet With Extra Capital Letters - FS

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>Q Drop Contains "FS"

Notable: JointStaff twat, shout out to anons?

Shout out to anons!

BE PROUD!

https://twitter.com/thejointstaff/status/1118147970506153985

Notable: Black Congresswoman Tries to Exempt Black Babies From Pro-life Law

Black Congresswoman Tries to Exempt Black Babies From Pro-life Law

Ohio State Representative Janine Boyd seems intent on executing Margaret Sanger’s Negro Project, as the black Democratic politician drafted an amendment that would have exempted black babies from pro-life “heartbeat bill” legislation. And while that amendment fortunately failed, one question remains — where is the outrage?

Last week, Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine signed into law a bill that protects unborn babies from abortions once a heartbeat is detected, typically around six weeks gestation. Ohio now joins a handful of states that have recently passed such bills, including Mississippi and Kentucky.

“The signing of this bill today is consistent with that respect for life and the imperative to protect those who cannot protect themselves,” DeWine said before signing the bill, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Abortion advocates tried unsuccessfully to weaken the Ohio bill with amendments, including the one proposed by Representative Boyd, which "would have given an exemption to African American women to abort their unborn babies for any reason up to the state’s current abortion limit, 20 weeks,” Life News reports.

Failing to see the irony, Boyd likened the restrictions on abortion to slavery as she attempted to pass legislation that would disproportionately terminate the lives of black babies.

“Black slaves were once treated like cattle and put out to stud in order to create generations of more slaves,” she said. “Our country is not far enough beyond our history to legislate as if it is.”

State Representative Derek Merrin, a Republican, immediately rejected Boyd’s amendment and stated that the heartbeat bill should protect all Ohio citizens, regardless of race.

“To reference owning humans as a defense of dismembering them is moral myopia,” said Mark Harrington, president of Created Equal. “If is wrong to own humans, it is also wrong to intentionally kill them.”

“Referencing abortion to avoid consigning children to slavery, she seems to suggest black children today should likewise not be born — which is exactly the purpose of her amendment,” he continued. “Every human being is valuable regardless of the color of his or her skin. To suggest that only black babies should be killed in Ohio is shocking racism not befitting of a representative of the Ohio House.”

Sadly, the black community is already disproportionately affected by the abortion industry. Life News reports that despite making up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, African-Americans comprise approximately 30 percent of the abortions, with African-American teenage abortion rates twice as high as the national average.

What’s more, Protecting Black Life found that 79 percent of Planned Parenthood surgical abortion facilities are within walking distance of black and Latino neighborhoods.

https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/family/item/32032-black-congresswoman-tries-to-exempt-black-babies-from-pro-life-law

Notable: DOD twat and big BOOMS

https://twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/1118182264804794368

Notable: Dershowitz Wanted A Trial Over Sex Trafficking Accusations — He’s Getting One

Dershowitz Wanted A Trial Over Sex Trafficking Accusations — He’s Getting One

Boies Schiller brings powerhouse talent to bear in the fallout of sex-trafficking matter.

15. As Defendant and Epstein well knew, Dershowitz’s assertion was false. Dershowitz and Epstein knew that Dershowitz had in fact had sex with Plaintiff. Dershowitz and Epstein also knew that Roberts’s assertions about Dershowitz were not part of any criminal extortion plot. Indeed, Dershowitz and Epstein knew that Roberts had identified Dershowitz as a sexual predator years before December 2014.

https://abovethelaw.com/2019/04/dershowitz-wanted-a-trial-over-sex-trafficking-accusations-hes-getting-one/2/

Notable: Trump twat, regarding Fox interview with Crazy Bernie

New DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1118317574301863936

Notable: Australian DJ charged after boy, 2, snatched off San Francisco street

Australian DJ charged after boy, 2, snatched off San Francisco street

An Australian DJ has been charged with kidnapping and child endangerment after he was caught by bystanders when he allegedly attempted to snatch a two-year-old boy on a busy San Francisco street.

Roscoe Bradley Holyoake, a 34-year-old from Perth known as DJ Roski, is being held at the San Francisco County Jail on $US500,000 ($NZ739,000) bond.

Police say a mother reported Holyoake tried to grab her son while they were walking near the corner of Market and Noe streets just after midday on Friday, April 12.

The mother was holding her son's hand and carrying a baby in a front pack.

Bystanders described to San Francisco TV station KTVU how Holyoake had the toddler in his arms and the mother, who was screaming "Police, police, help me" refused to let her son go.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/world/australian-dj-charged-after-boy-2-snatched-off-san-francisco-street

Notable: Julian Assange wins EU journalism award

Julian Assange wins EU journalism award

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been awarded the 2019 GUE/NGL Award for journalists and whistleblowers, which is sponsored by European parliamentarians.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been given an award established in honour of an assassinated journalist.

Assange, jailed last week after being forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, was awarded the 2019 GUE/NGL Award for Journalists, Whistleblowers & Defenders of the Right to Information.

It is sponsored by European parliamentarians after being established in 2018 in honour of assassinated Maltese journalist Daphne Galizia.

The award is given to individuals "uncovering the truth and exposing it to the public" and to honour "individuals or groups who have been intimidated and/or persecuted for uncovering the truth and exposing it to the public".

Nobel Peace prize winner Mairead Maguire collected the award on the Australian's behalf at an event in the European parliament in Strasbourg.

https:// www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/julian-assange-wins-eu-journalism-award/news-story/f1bea94a9b040db4f7caa08897f7f6c3

Notable: Michelle Obama cruising the Seine Rive while Notre Dame burns

Michael was on a cruise on the Seine river in Paris while Notre Dame was burning. Convenient that the rats are always close by or were close by when a tragedy strikes.

https:// www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6928937/Michelle-Obama-Paris-cruise-Notre-Dame-caught-fire.html

Notable: Hannity twat, Judicial Watch suing for FBI records tied to Steele dossier

https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/1118306831099662340

Notable: Empire State Building lit up in French colors in support of France

https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1118304608206630922

Notable: Full Trump statement regard the Veto

>>6204033

https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-presidential-veto-message-to-the-senate-to-acc-1834094608

Subject: Presidential Veto Message to the Senate to Accompany S.J. Res. 7

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The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 16, 2019

TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES:

I am returning herewith without my approval S.J. Res. 7, a joint resolution that purports to direct the President to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in or affecting the Republic of Yemen, with certain exceptions. This resolution is an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities, endangering the lives of American citizens and brave service members, both today and in the future.

This joint resolution is unnecessary because, apart from counterterrorism operations against al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula and ISIS, the United States is not engaged in hostilities in or affecting Yemen. For example, there are no United States military personnel in Yemen commanding, participating in, or accompanying military forces of the Saudi‑led coalition against the Houthis in hostilities in or affecting Yemen.

Since 2015, the United States has provided limited support to member countries of the Saudi-led coalition, including intelligence sharing, logistics support, and, until recently, in-flight refueling of non-United States aircraft. All of this support is consistent with applicable Arms Export Control Act authorities, statutory authorities that permit the Department of Defense to provide logistics support to foreign countries, and the President's constitutional power as Commander in Chief. None of this support has introduced United States military personnel into hostilities.

We are providing this support for many reasons. First and foremost, it is our duty to protect the safety of the more than 80,000 Americans who reside in certain coalition countries that have been subject to Houthi attacks from Yemen. Houthis, supported by Iran, have used missiles, armed drones, and explosive boats to attack civilian and military targets in those coalition countries, including areas frequented by American citizens, such as the airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In addition, the conflict in Yemen represents a "cheap" and inexpensive way for Iran to cause trouble for the United States and for our ally, Saudi Arabia.

S.J. Res. 7 is also dangerous. The Congress should not seek to prohibit certain tactical operations, such as in-flight refueling, or require military engagements to adhere to arbitrary timelines. Doing so would interfere with the President's constitutional authority as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, and could endanger our service members by impairing their ability to efficiently and effectively conduct military engagements and to withdraw in an orderly manner at the appropriate time.

The joint resolution would also harm the foreign policy of the United States. Its efforts to curtail certain forms of military support would harm our bilateral relationships, negatively affect our ongoing efforts to prevent civilian casualties and prevent the spread of terrorist organizations such as al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula and ISIS, and embolden Iran's malign activities in Yemen.

We cannot end the conflict in Yemen through political documents like S.J. Res. 7. Peace in Yemen requires a negotiated settlement. Unfortunately, inaction by the Senate has left vacant key diplomatic positions, impeding our ability to engage regional partners in support of the United Nations-led peace process. To help end the conflict, promote humanitarian and commercial access, prevent civilian casualties, enhance efforts to recover American hostages in Yemen, and defeat terrorists that seek to harm the United States, the Senate must act to confirm my nominees for many critical foreign policy positions.

I agree with the Congress about the need to address our engagements in foreign wars. As I said in my State of the Union address in February, great nations do not fight endless wars. My Administration is currently accelerating negotiations to end our military engagement in Afghanistan and drawing down troops in Syria, where we recently succeeded in eliminating 100 percent of the ISIS caliphate. Congressional engagement in those endeavors would be far more productive than expending time and effort trying to enact this unnecessary and dangerous resolution that interferes with our foreign policy with respect to Yemen.

For these reasons, it is my duty to return S.J. Res. 7 to the Senate without my approval.

DONALD J. TRUMP

THE WHITE HOUSE,

April 16, 2019.

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Notable: Lou Dobbs twat on Trump being the boss, regarding foreign policy and national security

https://twitter.com/LouDobbs/status/1118302140349517824

Notable: Cohen (D): Trump is ‘Torching the Entire Structure of Government’ Like the Notre Dame Fire

Cohen (D): Trump is ‘Torching the Entire Structure of Government’ Like the Notre Dame Fire

Rep. Steve Cohen (D., Tenn.) said President Donald Trump is doing to the Constitution what Monday's devastating fire did to the Notre Dame Cathedral in France, saying he is "torching the entire structure of government." Cohen appeared on MSNBC's Hardball to discuss the pending release of the Robert Mueller report later this week. During the interview, he said he believes there is a case President Donald Trump committed obstruction of justice.

"I filed articles last year. I haven't brought them up this year, but we are getting so far along in seeing what this president has done and what he's done to the Constitution, what he's done to the people's respect for our government," Cohen said. "What he has done to the Constitution and the rule of law is as bad as [what] that fire did to Notre Dame." "He's torching the entire structure of government and the people's respect for it and the Congress needs to act," Cohen added. "The facts were supposed to be in the Mueller Report. We'll get them. We'll find the court and we'll go to the court, and I think we'll be allowed to see them because the redacted testimony, the grand jury testimony can be seen and there's precedent for it being given to Congress."

This isn't the first time Cohen has made a hyperbolic comparison about Trump. In 2017, he compared Trump to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, who brutally ruled Cuba for nearly five decades, and he described Trump as a "cancer" on the United States. Cohen also got in hot water when he joked then-Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R., Tenn.) should jump off a bridge while she was running for U.S. Senate.

https://freebeacon.com/politics/cohen-d-trump-is-torching-the-entire-structure-of-government-like-the-notre-dame-fire/

Notable: >>6204094 Trumps 2nd veto, rejects bill to end American support in Yemen

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1118302551269572610

Using the 2nd veto of his presidency, President Trump rejects a bill passed by the US Congress that aimed to end America's support and involvement in the Yemen

Notable: Brit Hume calling out the hypocrites re: law and lawyers.

Brit Hume dropping booms!!

https://twitter.com/brithume/status/1118228511213355008

Notable: President Trump has vetoed Congress' resolution to end U.S. involvement in Yemen war, per WH.

https://twitter.com/Jordanfabian/status/1118295220221820929

Notable: UW was sued successfully for discriminating against conservative students the same way U of Penn is doing.

LB NOTABLE:

>>6203078 U of Penn requires conservative students to pay security costs for Candace Owens. Take it from Federal grants?

>>6203486 PB

Those students should SUE. That's what the Republicans did at the Univ. of Washington, Seattle. And they won.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2018-06-18/uw-to-pay-127k-to-settle-republicans-free-speech-lawsuit

from June 2018:

In stinging defeat, UW pays nearly $130K to College Republicans

It turns out it doesn’t pay to silence speech you disagree with. The University of Washington reached a settlement with the UW College Republicans after the student club sued to administration for imposing onerous security fees on the club, in a purported effort to silence speech the campus administration opposed…..

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http://mynorthwest.com/1021818/college-republicans-uw-settlement/?

Notable: US DoD/Space Command Tweet: Shanahan speaks at the Space Symposium.

https://twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/1118294200573988864

https://twitter.com/AFSpace/status/1118272977051766784

Notable: Justice Dept. denies bond for tens of thousands of asylum seekers.

Justice Dept. denies bond for tens of thousands of asylum seekers

By TED HESSON

04/16/2019 07:16 PM EDT

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/16/doj-bonds-asylum-seekers-1362789?bcmt=1

In a move that could keep tens of thousands of asylum seekers locked up, the Justice Department said Tuesday that it will deny a large class of undocumented immigrants a bond hearing to argue for their release.

The opinion, by Attorney General William Barr, adheres to the Trump administration’s stance that migrants caught at the border should be detained whenever possible, even when they’ve petitioned for asylum.

The 11-page precedent-setting decision reverses a 2005 immigration court ruling that guaranteed bond hearings for certain migrants. Under the earlier ruling, some migrants who passed a “credible fear” interview — the first step in their asylum review — were eligible to seek release on bond.

The new standard will eliminate that option. The Homeland Security Department will, however, retain discretion to let individual asylum seekers out of detention, a decision that can be dictated by the availability of resources.

“It strips away the ability of an immigration judge to look at the merits of the case and determine in a bond hearing whether the person is going to be a flight risk or a threat to the community,” said Andrew Free, a Nashville-based immigration attorney.

Barr said in the opinion that the effective date will be delayed 90 days, so that the Homeland Security Department “may conduct the necessary operational planning for additional detention and parole decisions.” A spending bill passed by Congress in February funded more than 45,000 detention beds, but the Trump administration has argued that’s not enough.

The ruling, known as Matter of M-S-, will not apply to migrant children traveling alone or with families, Free said. Under the 1997 Flores settlement agreement, children cannot be detained for longer than 20 days.

In addition, the decision does not apply to migrants who seek asylum at ports of entry. They must be granted “parole” into the U.S. and are not eligible for bond hearings.

Greg Chen, director of government relations for the American Immigration Lawyers Association, called the new standard “a devastating blow to those seeking protection from persecution.”

With Tuesday’s decision, Barr followed in the footsteps of former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who issued several precedential immigration decisions during his tenure at the Justice Department.

A June decision issued by Sessions, known as Matter of A-B-, restricted the ability of migrants to seek asylum based on domestic violence or gang violence. However, a federal judge struck down the bulk of that ruling and related policies in December.

Notable: Assange, Manning had reason to believe leaks would damage US, prosecutors say.

Assange, Manning Had Reason to Believe Leaks Would Damage US, Prosecutors Say

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and former U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning had reason to believe that leaking U.S. military reports “would cause injury” to the country, federal prosecutors alleged in a newly unsealed court filing on April 15. In the affidavit submitted to federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, prosecutors said U.S. military reports from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq included information about the “identity and significance of local supporters of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan.” When U.S. forces raided the compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was hiding out, for example, they found a letter that showed the al-Qaeda leader was interested in copies of Pentagon documents published on WikiLeaks, the prosecutors said. According to prosecutors, leaked reports on the Afghan war included information on militants’ improvised explosive device designs and attacks, including details of U.S. and coalition countermeasures against such home-made explosive devices and their limitations.

Indictment The prosecution’s affidavit is dated Dec. 21, 2017, but was made public on April 15. It follows the unsealing last week of a U.S. indictment charging Assange with conspiring with Manning to gain access to a government computer as part of one of the largest compromises of classified information in U.S. history. Manning provided Assange with nearly 750,000 classified or sensitive military and diplomatic documents, which Assange then published on WikiLeaks, the online disclosure platform he founded in 2006. Barry Pollack, a lawyer for Assange in Washington, said: “Encouraging sources to provide information, and using methods to protect their identity, are common practices by all journalists. There is no new information in the affidavit that was unavailable to the Department of Justice when it decided in the Obama administration that pursuing criminal charges against Mr. Assange would be contrary to the First Amendment.”

https://www.theepochtimes.com/assange-manning-had-reason-to-believe-leaks-would-injure-us-prosecutors-say_2882633.html

Notable: PapaD Tweet: "Gina Haspel is in the news today. It should be noted that she was CIA station chief in London at the time the U.K./Australia were spying on us in London."

https://twitter.com/GeorgePapa19/status/1118214249258422272

Notable: James Murdoch gives maximum donation to Pete Buttigieg’s campaign.

James Murdoch, the scion of billionaire and Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch, gave the maximum possible donation to 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg’s campaign.

Murdoch donated $2,800 to Buttigieg, the largest amount possible to a primary candidate, according to recently filed Federal Election Commission reports. Murdoch joins other high-profile figures — including Susan Rice, formerly the National Security Adviser under President Barack Obama, and actor Ryan Reynolds — in supporting the 37-year-old Harvard graduate’s White House bid. Buttigieg has enjoyed a recent bounce in the polls thanks to a torrent of wall-to-wall media coverage.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/16/2020-james-murdoch-gives-maximum-donation-to-pete-buttigiegs-campaign/

Notable: >>6203525 Jordan: Elijah Cummings, Maxine Waters And Adam Schiff sign secret MOUs to target Trump.

https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1118288830845599761?s=19

Notable: Reminder: Peter Kadzik (DOJ) gave Podesta a heads up re: Clinton's email use.

Key dates in the FBI probe of Hillary Clinton's emails

November 2, 2016 – Email is leaked showing that Peter Kadzik, then-head of legislative affairs at the Justice Department, offered Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta a "heads-up'" in May 2015 about a congressional hearing where a Justice official was likely to be questioned about Clinton's email use.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/14/politics/key-dates-fbi-hillary-clinton-emails/index.html

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/43150

Notable: Netflix shares drop in afterhours after company projects sharp slowdown in subscriber growth.

Netflix shares drop in afterhours* After Company Projects Sharp Slowdown In Subscriber Growth

*edit

Back in January, when Netflix reported unexpectedly poor Q4 earnings, what surprised most investors was the company's unexpectedly weak outlook, especially on the international side, where Netflix warned of a decline in International sub growth, a very concerning development for a company which has largely saturated the local market and is growing almost entirely offshore. Which is why everyone's attention was focused on just how bad subscriber growth Netflix would report after the close today.

In retrospect, nobody was prepared for just how bad the final number would be, because moments ago while Netflix reported some rather impressive top and bottom line results, it was the collapse in subscriber growth that is the reason why the stock is tumbling after hours.

First the good news: EPS of 76 cents was above the 58 cents expected, with revenue of $4.521 right on top of the expected $4.51. Additionally, the company reported a rather impressive Q1 EBITDA of $584 million, well above the $328MM in Q4. Of course, if that was the extent of it, NFLX stock would be surging. Looking ahead, Netflix reported that Q2 forecast revenue would be $4.928BN, a 26.1% increase Y/Y, which however is below the consensus estimate of $4.95BN, a number which would generate EPS of $0.55.

Looking again at the financials, Netflix said that operating margin of 10.2% exceeded our beginning-of-quarter expectation, as spending was shifted from Q1 to later in the year. The company also revealed that streaming content obligations dipped sequentially in Q1 to $18.9 billion from $19.3 billion, "due in part to the timing of run-of-series commitments" however the company cautioned that as it shifts to more original content, "there will be greater variability in content obligations."

However, the reason why Netflix is tumbling after hours is because just like one quarter ago, the growth story is once again in jeopardy as a result of the company's surprisingly weak subscriber forecast: to wit, whereas Wall Street expected Q2 subscribers to rise by 6.09 million, Netflix projected just 5.00 million (0.30MM US and 4.7MM international subs), a sharp slowdown from the 9.6 million paid net subscribers added in Q4, which incidentally was well above the 8.94 million estimate.

In total Netflix now expects total US paid subs of 60.53MM in Q2, and global paid subs of 93.33 million, up 5 million from a total paid subscriber base of 148.9 million in Q1.

In other words, the recent torrid growth pace now appears to be moderating sharply.

Which brings up the question - why did Netflix just announce a price hike, to which we bring up the answer provided by Anthony DiClemente last quarter, who was worried that the market is "pricing in perfection" and wondered if the real story behind this week’s price increase is that the company sees revenue coming more from fee increases than subscriber growth.

Considering the relatively light subscriber growth forecast for Q2 it appears he may have been right, and the risk is that the price increase alienates even more existing subs, even though the company itself disagrees, saying that price increases in the U.S., Brazil, Mexico and parts of Europe will slow subscriber growth for a brief period, but won’t affect growth in the long run. Netflix is also seeing "some modest short-term churn effect" (people dropping their subscriptions) as the company’s price increases take effect.

And then there was Netflix's Free Cash Flow, or rather Free Cash Inferno, which last quarter nearly tripled from a year ago, rising to $1.315 billion.

In other words, Netflix burned $15 million in cash per day. In Q1, things improved somewhat, with Free Cash Burn moderating somewhat, to just $460 million, which however was still 60% more than a year ago.

Of course, with cash burn increasing by $500 million, the company had to give some good news, and said that it is

"still expecting free cash flow to improve in 2020".

(of course they would say that!)

In summary, as a result of the sharp slowdown in subscriber growth, NFLX stock initially tumbled, then rebounded as it tries to find out just how much of a true slowdown management expects, and more importantly, how realistic its forecast is in the context of Disney's dramatic entry streaming.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-16/netflix-slides-after-company-projects-sharp-slowdown-subscriber-growth

They have so much off-the-book debt liability through content acquisition's and continual shelf offerings, i.e, new stock offerings to "preferred shareholder's". This shit needs to be cleaned up.

Where are you SEC?

Notable: Baptist Pastor says Bank of America shut down all of his Church's bank accounts.

Baptist Pastor Says Bank of America Shut Down All Of His Church's Bank Accounts

Pastor Steven Anderson of the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona said Monday on YouTube that Bank of America shut down all the bank accounts of his church.

"This morning, I found out that Bank of America shut down all of our bank accounts froze our accounts without notice and we can't even get our money out," Anderson said on YouTube. "We can't even walk into the bank and withdraw our money they just froze everything, shut everything down."

"They're supposedly going to send us a cashier's check in like two weeks for all the money that was in our church bank account but in the meantime they just took all our money away," Anderson said.

Anderson has attracted controversy over the years due to his fundamentalist preachings on homosexuality.

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=60066

Notable: >>6203501 Woman 'infatuated' with Columbine mass shooting wanted by FBI in Colorado.

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1118283226345299971

URGENT: Woman 'infatuated' with Columbine mass shooting wanted by FBI in Colorado; she is considered 'armed and extremely dangerous'

Notable: >>6203262 More information on Epstein/Dershowitz accuser.

A new victim has gone public in the Jeffrey Epstein case, filing a sworn affidavit in federal court in New York Tuesday, saying that she was sexually assaulted and her then-15-year-old sister molested by Epstein and his companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, in 1996.

Maria Farmer, then 26, claims she was employed by Epstein, a multimillionaire financier who lived in a vast mansion on New York’s Upper East Side, and that she frequently saw “school-age girls’’ wearing uniforms come into the mansion and go upstairs. She was told that the girls were auditioning for modeling work, according to her affidavit.

Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article229277874.html#storylink=cpy

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article229277874.html

https://www.joyceandersonphoto.com/

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1508273-jeffrey-epsteins-little-black-book-redacted.html

Notable: DJT Tweet: "Just signed a critical bill to formalize drought contingency plans for the Colorado River. Thanks to @SenMcSallyAZ for getting it done. Big deal for Arizona!"

New POTUS Tweet

twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1118282780633382912

Notable: More American troops to Afghanistan, to keep the Chinese Out? Lithium and the battle for Afghanistan’s mineral riches.

More American Troops to Afghanistan, To Keep the Chinese Out? Lithium and the Battle for Afghanistan’s Mineral Riches

Barely a few months ago (August 2018), Trump was calling for an escalation of the war in Afghanistan. Why?

It was presented to public opinion as part of America’s “Global War on Terrorism”, going after the bad guys.

And now Trump is calling for the withdrawal of US troops. Will it take place?

Why were US-NATO troops sent to Afghanistan on October 7, 2001?

The official story is that Afghanistan was a “State sponsor” of Al Qaeda (led by Osama bin Laden) which had attacked the U.S. on September 11, 2001.

Below is the BBC report (December 21, 2018) echoing the official narrative, following Trump’s announcement that some 7000 US troops will be leaving Afghanistan.

The above statement by the BBC December 21, 2018) is a lie.

Reported by the Guardian, (October 14, 2001) the Afghan government had offered to extradite Bin Laden to a third country.

In fact there were negotiations on his extradition in mid to late September 2001 extending into the first week of US-NATO bombings in October 2001. Bush refused to negotiate.

The invasion of Afghanistan had been on the drawing board of the Pentagon months prior to 9/11.

IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11. The September 11 attacks were used as a pretext and a justification to invade and occupy Afghanistan.

Moreover, military analysts were instructed not to reveal the fact that you do not plan a large scale theater war thousands of miles away in a matter of 28 days. Impossible. (from September 12- October 7, 2001)

The forbidden truth (known and dcoumented) is that Osama bin Laden was an US intelligence asset and that his precise whereabouts prior and in the immediate wake of 9/11 were known to the US government.

https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/72183/more-american-troops-to-afghanistan-to-keep-the-chinese-out-lithium-and-the-battle-for-afghanistans.html

Notable: Ex-MLB All-Star pitcher Curt Schilling wearing WWG1WGA shirt during podcast today.

>>6203102

>>6203150

Ex-MLB All-Star pitcher Curt Schilling wearing WWG1WGA shirt during podcast today.

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1ZkKzrPZpBLKv

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Schilling

Notable: >>6203141, >>6203147 Full text of Barr's ruling re: asylum seekers with 'credible fear'.

>>6203002

Notable: US Special Envoy Greenblatt shares map of Israel – with Golan Heights.

US Special Envoy Greenblatt shares map of Israel – with Golan Heights

US Envoy for Middle East negotiations Jason Greenblatt released a map of Israel, including the Golan Heights, on social media on Tuesday.

US Envoy for Middle East negotiations Jason Greenblatt released a map of Israel, including the Golan Heights, on social media on Tuesday.

The new map, which includes the Golan Heights as a part of Israel, was added to the US international maps system, according to the tweet.

“Welcome to the newest addition of our international maps system,” wrote Greenblatt, citing the recent decision by US President Donald Trump to recognize the former Syrian land as a part of Israel.

US President Donald Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights in March, when he tweeted that it is time the US does so.

A few days later Trump signed an official document with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his side.

The American decision is not shared by the EU or Russia, who view the Golan Heights as occupied Syrian land.

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/US-Special-Envoy-Greenblatt-shares-map-of-Israel-with-Golan-Heights-587074

Notable: Rite of passage dig. Connected to housing for immigrant children.

Guys, I have been digging further into this nonprofit called "Rite of passage" based in UTAH that Florida awarded a 16 million dollar deal knowing they raped children. This is connected to the BORDER issue. These same people run facilities in Arizona that house the immigrant children. There have been rapes, fires, riots, many 911 calls. It's all connected. The Leadership at "Rite of passage" are all people who fucked up and moved up. It all became a big money maker in 2011 when Obama took the wheel.

https://riteofpassage.com/about-us/leadership/

http://www.heal-online.org/canyon.htm

https://www.floridaphoenix.com/2019/03/19/after-sexual-assault-at-florida-teen-prison-state-awards-firm-16m-deal/

Notable: U of Penn requires conservative students to pay security costs for Candace Owens. Take it from Federal grants?

https://www.thecollegefix.com/penn-made-conservative-students-pay-800-to-protect-candace-owens-from-empty-threats/

Notable: JP Morgan Execs Sell $30m in shares April 15th filing.

JP Morgan Execs Sell $30m in shares April 15th filing

https://www.secform4.com/insider-trading/19617.htm

Notable: Barr rules that asylum seekers who pass "credible fear" interviews are ineligible for release on bond and DHS may decide to release them.

https://twitter.com/45_Schedule/status/1118277370849452033

Notable: Epoch Times: Giuliani claims Assange could expose the origins of Mueller probe and not who gave Wikileaks the emails.

https://twitter.com/EpochTimes/status/1118276311833808898

Notable: Bipartisan problem-solvers caucus boosts anti-BDS movement resolution.

Bipartisan Problem-Solvers Caucus Boosts Anti-BDS Movement Resolution

WASHINGTON—Partisan conflict is the congressional norm but the 48 members of an unusual House of Representatives caucus — evenly divided between the two major political parties — are backing an official resolution condemning the anti-Israel Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) Movement.

House Joint Resolution 246 explicitly condemns BDS and endorses the “Two-State Solution” under which Israel would give up territory that would become an independent Palestinian state.

The resolution was introduced in March by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrod Nadler (D-NY) and Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.).

“BDS is anti-Israel, anti-peace, and harmful to America’s interests. I’m proud that all members of the Problem Solvers Caucus are committed to opposing BDS and standing up for the U.S.-Israel relationship because these should not be partisan political issues,” said Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.).

Gottheimer is co-chairman with Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) of the House Problem Solvers Caucus. Members of the caucus issued a statement on April 15 putting them on record in opposition to BDS.

“Israel is an unwavering ally of the United States and one of our most important strategic partners around the globe,” Reed said in the statement. “I am proud of our Problem Solvers Caucus members who have stood up to ensure Jewish people are treated fairly and spoken out to show we care about this great nation.”

In addition to explicitly condemning the BDS Movement, the resolution puts the House on record in supporting “the full implementation of the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 and new efforts to enhance government-wide, coordinated United States-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas, such as with respect to energy, water, agriculture, alternative fuel technology, civilian space technology, and security, in order to counter the effects of actions to boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel …”

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/#axzz5kZeGFOnb

Notable: >>6203055 Several rockets strike Libyan capital, witnesses say.

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1118275746605207552

DEVELOPING: Several rockets strike Libyan capital, witnesses say - AFP

Notable: US Marines Tweet: "Swiftness"

US MARINES

Swiftness

https://twitter.com/11thmeu/status/1118272890720231425?s=19

Notable: NXIVM: Kathy Russell’s motion to dismiss is denied: plea deal seen as imminent.

Kathy Russell’s Motion To Dismiss Is Denied: Plea Deal Seen As Imminent

Kathy Russell’s last-minute Hail Mary pass has been batted down by U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis.

In a very detailed and well researched Memorandum & Order, Judge Garaufis has denied Kathy’s request to have her indictment dismissed on the basis of prosecutorial misconduct.

And then, to add disdain to the denial, Judge Garaufis also denied her request for an evidentiary hearing that, if granted, would have allowed her to see all the evidence that the prosecution has amassed against her.

Russell’s travails began when she was served with a subpoena on April 25, 2018 that required her to testify before the grand jury in Brooklyn, NY that was hearing evidence about the NXIVM criminal enterprise.

Rather than retain her own attorney who would be able to give her unconflicted legal advice, Kathy decided to utilize one that was being paid for by Clare Bronfman, the Director of Operations and de facto Chief Executive Officer for NXIVM.

That turned out to be William Fanciullo, an Albany, NY-area attorney who once served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney.

https://frankreport.com/2019/04/16/kathy-russells-motion-to-dismiss-is-denied-plea-deal-seen-as-imminent/

Q asked us when does a bird sing? In spring is the answer! Plea deals = confessions

Notable: US wants to build more tents at border to detain migrants.

US wants to build more tents at border to detain migrants

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press

April 16, 2019 05:32 PM, Updated 9 minutes ago

https://www.centredaily.com/news/nation-world/article229338129.html

The Trump administration wants to open two new tent facilities to temporarily detain up to 1,000 parents and children near the southern border, as advocates sharply criticize the conditions inside the tents already used to hold migrants.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a notice to potential contractors that it wants to house 500 people in each camp in El Paso, Texas, and in the South Texas city of Donna, which has a border crossing with Mexico.

Each facility would consist of one large tent that could be divided into sections by gender and between families and children traveling alone, according to the notice. Detainees would sleep on mats. There would also be laundry facilities, showers, and an "additional fenced-in area" for "outside exercise/recreation."

The notice says the facilities could open in the next two weeks and operate through year end, with a cost that could reach $37 million.

CBP did not respond to several requests for comment. But the agency has said its resources are strained by the sharp rise in the numbers of parents and children crossing the border and requesting asylum. It made 53,000 apprehensions in March of parents and children traveling together, most of whom say they are fleeing violence and poverty in Central America. Many ultimately request asylum under U.S. and international law.

The Border Patrol has started directly releasing parents and children instead of referring them to immigration authorities for potential long-term detention, but families still sometimes wait several days to be processed by the agency and released.

The Border Patrol processing center in McAllen is routinely over capacity . Kevin McAleenan, the new acting homeland security secretary, was scheduled to visit McAllen Tuesday and Wednesday.

In El Paso, hundreds of people are detained in tents set up at the center of a parking lot next to a patrol station. People detained there have complained of prolonged exposure to cold. The Border Patrol limits them to one warm layer of clothing, confiscates coats, and issues a Mylar blanket to each detainee, citing health and safety concerns.

U.S. Rep. Nanette Barragan, a California Democrat, visited the tents earlier this month. She said she had seen a mother with her 4-month-old child who had been there for five or more days, in conditions she said were "unhealthy."

Border Patrol officials have declined to allow the media inside the tents in El Paso.

Land near the bridge in Donna was used last year as a camp by active-duty soldiers when they were ordered to South Texas' Rio Grande Valley.

The Border Patrol also established a tent facility at Donna to hold migrants in December 2016, in the last weeks of the administration of former President Barack Obama, in response to a previous surge of migrants from Central America.

Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, said she had been allowed to visit the tent facility in 2016. She said that facility had been "open and clean," but noted she visited before it began detaining people.

"Detention is never a good idea for any family," Pimentel said. "I believe families are victims of a lot of abuse, and we just add to that abuse by the way we respond to handle and process them."

Notable: >>6202716, >>6202737 Top Facebook executives and their career links to the DC swamp.

LIST: Top Facebook Executives and Their Career Links to the DC Swamp

With Facebook taking a very strong stance against so-called fake news and foreign interference in what passes for democracy in the United States and particularly given its recent association with the Atlantic Council and its Digital Forensic Research Lab. I would be remiss if I didn't thank Matt Agorist at the Free Thought Project, one of the entities that was purged by Facebook in October 2018, for inspiring this posting

In no particular order, let's look at some of Facebook's key personnel and their relationship to Washington:

1.) Katie Harbath: Ms. Harbath is currently Director of Global Politics and Government Outreach at Facebook as shown here:

https://russia-insider.com/en/list-top-facebook-executives-and-their-career-links-dc-swamp/ri26789

Part 1

Notable: Court tosses military panel proceedings against suspected USS Cole attack mastermind.

Federal courts may be over reaching on this.

=NEWS=

Court tosses military panel proceedings against suspected USS Cole attack mastermind

https://www.foxnews.com/us/court-tosses-military-panel-proceedings-against-suspected-uss-cole-attack-mastermind

Notable: Donna Brazzers/DNC get a smack down from Jesse Watters re: illegal to sanctuary pipeline.

Democrats caught with their pans down

SMACKED IN THE FACE BY REALITY

Notable: Live now: EU Parliament debate on the extradition of Julian Assange.

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1118258258794434560

Live now: EU Parliament debate on the extradition of Julian Assange.

http://europarl.europa.eu/ep-live/en/plenary

Notable: NZ meets with Ethiopia representatives.

>>6202203 @NZParliament

Yesterday the Speaker's Delegation made an official call on Tagesse Chafo, Speaker of the House of Peoples’ Representatives, Federal Democratic Republic of #Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Very constructive discussion of respective political, social & economic challenges and opportunities. #nzpol

NZ Parliament in Ethiopia…

Notable: Federal judge criticizes Barr over transparency concerns for the Mueller report.

Federal judge criticizes Barr over transparency concerns for the Mueller report

A federal judge handling a case centered around special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report criticized Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday, saying he has “created an environment that has caused a significant part of the American public to be concerned that there will be transparency.” Judge Reggie Walton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia delivered the rebuke in federal court before ruling that the Justice Department would not be compelled to provide BuzzFeed with a version of the Mueller report by Thursday. The judge’s words appeared to echo concerns about Barr that congressional Democrats have also expressed. “Obviously there is a real concern about whether there will be transparency … I hope that the government will be as transparent as it can be,” Walton said.

BuzzFeed is seeking Mueller’s report through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit and asked for it to be provided to them under an expedited schedule by April 18, which is this Thursday. Earlier this week, the DOJ announced it will be providing a copy of Mueller’s highly anticipated report to Congress that same day with redactions being overseen by Barr. In his opening remarks, Walton said that even though he doesn’t know what the redacted Mueller report released by Barr will look like, “it seems to me that it’s premature to believe that what will be released on Thursday will be different than what would be released under FOIA.” BuzzFeed filed its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in early April, asking the court for injunctive relief to compel the Justice Department to provide a copy of the Mueller report to them. Walton denied a similar request earlier this month that was brought by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, but the research center had also sought a whole host of other nonpublic documents related to the special counsel investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election as well. BuzzFeed had hoped it might receive a more favorable ruling because its request was much narrower than the information sought by the research center. That didn’t happen.

DOJ’s attorney argued to Walton that “an injunction is an extraordinary act with a high burden” and said that “this is particularly true when trying to order the Justice Department to do something.” In prior court filings, DOJ argued BuzzFeed “cannot establish irreparable harm," specifically citing the fact that Barr sought to release the Mueller report in mid-April and said he would “color code” the report with “explanatory notes describing the basis for each redaction.” Matthew Topic, the attorney for both BuzzFeed and its journalist Jason Leopold, said, “We intend to challenge the redactions,” and argued that “the longer we wait to get the FOIA response, the longer it takes for us to move this case forward.” In a recent court filing, BuzzFeed said, “It is likely, given the categories of information the Attorney General has already determined will be redacted, that we are at the first step of what could be a lengthy legal process to decide whether those redactions are legally permissible under FOIA.”

Given the number of public pronouncements made by government officials such as President Trump and others, Topic said there was an incredible public interest in knowing what the full Mueller report contains. Countering the idea that further delay wouldn’t cause any harm, Topic argued, “The irreparable harm would be being forced to wait.” Walton disagreed, saying BuzzFeed “cannot be harmed irreparably by waiting a little longer. … I don’t doubt there’s some harm, but it’s not irreparable.” He denied BuzzFeed’s motion for injunctive relief.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/federal-judge-criticizes-barr-over-transparency-concerns-for-the-mueller-report

Notable: The U.S. Air Force has sent F-35A Joint Strike Fighters on their first-ever operational deployment to the Middle East.

he U.S. Air Force has sent F-35A Joint Strike Fighters on their first-ever operational deployment to the Middle East.

An unspecified number of F-35As touched down at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates, an important base for the United States in the region, on Apr. 15, 2019

https://www.afcent.af.mil/News/Article/1813833/us-air-forces-f-35a-lightning-ii-arrives-for-first-middle-east-deployment/

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27464/u-s-air-force-f-35as-first-combat-deployment-to-the-middle-east-has-begun

Notable: Council candidate under fire for burning Qur’an in pub during heated debate.

Notable.

UK: Council candidate under fire for burning Qur’an in pub during heated debate.

I’m never in favor of burning books. It was the Nazis who made the practice famous, and emulating the Nazis is never a good idea. Also, the Left today is engaged in a large-scale effort to silence perspectives that dissent from their own, and that insidious effort could mean the total destruction of free societies. The antidote to bad speech is not the shutdown of the offensive speech, but more speech: discussion and debate, which generally Leftists and Islamic spokesmen shy away from, because they know their positions are intellectually weak and that they would not be able to win a debate.

Also, I believe it is important to know the beliefs and understand the ideology of those who are making war against free societies. People should not burn, but read and understand, the Qur’an.

This incident, however, took place in shattered, staggering, dhimmi Britain. Would Frankie Rufolo be under fire and have been reported to police if he had burned a Bible? What do you think?

“Election candidate, 19, set fire to Quran in Exeter pub during heated debate,” by Alex Richards, Devon Live, April 13, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

An ‘atheist activist’ standing for election in Exeter shocked punters at a city pub by setting a copy of the Quran on fire.

The incident, condemned by city leaders, happened at a heated ‘after party’ in the Old Fire House pub following Katie Hopkins’ visit to the University of Exeter – where he had been handing out flyers.

Frankie Rufolo, 19, admits the inflammatory and offensive act and has been left to question whether it was a step too far, even for him.

The copy of the Quran, the central religious book of Islam, was burned with a candle during a heated political debate….

Mr Rufolo, currently campaigning to be a councillor in St Thomas representing the ‘For Britain Movement’, explained: “It was 90 per cent white, left wingers and even some right wingers.

“They were saying all the usual rubbish and it descended into nonsense. I was holding up the Quran and calling it evil.

“They were defending Shamima Begum and effectively calling me a racist.

“I lost my patience a bit, this was after a long night, and it was just to make a point that I am not afraid to say what I think.

“I see Islam as a threat to freedom of speech in this country.

“You need to do something ‘out there’ and provocative, I do lose patience when some people are defensive of a religion which is oppressive.”

When questioned by Devon Live on whether he thinks any point he wished to make has been over-ridden by his actions, he answered: “You do have to be outspoken sometimes. Obviously some stuff can be counter productive.

“I will have a think about whether it was counter productive.”

The Quran which was burned is owned by Mr Rufolo, who says he carries it in his bag wherever he goes and can even “recite passages from memory.”

Mr Rufolo, who has lived in Exeter all his life, said: “It is no secret that I am critical of Islam as an ideology in particular. Some people will want to demonise me because of that.”

He says he is not associated with the Far Right, despite his beliefs about religion: “To be clear I describe myself as an Atheist activist. I dislike religious ideas but I find many religious people to be nice.

“Being an LGBT atheist the Quran says a lot worse about me than I can say about it. It is my private property and I can do with it what I like.

“I criticise the book Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, which some believe contains Mormon ideology, but it doesn’t mean I hate all teenagers that are fans of it.

“I meet people in Exeter who are gay and ex Muslims, it is sad how casually their family now hate them. We’re demonised and called bigots and far right all time, but I am trying to give minorities within minorities a voice.”…

He was recently reported to police following an incident where he labelled the Quran a ‘book of evil’ at a debating society event at Wetherspoons pub The Imperial.

The case was later dropped by those offended by his remarks, thought to have been university students at the debating event.

“A lot of University of Exeter students have gone on to be politicians and I am quite worried about people in cabinet being dead against free speech.

“At the end of the day offence is subjective, this is a free country and if you want to live here you have to live with being offended sometimes. I see Muslims as equals so I expect them to live with offence as I do. ”

He says he is also vocally against branches of Christianity, including Catholicism and the Church of England….

MP Ben Bradshaw said: “Exeter is a friendly and tolerant city and there should be no place here for hateful, racist or islamophobic behaviour of this kind.”…

https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/04/uk-council-candidate-under-fire-for-burning-quran-in-pub-during-heated-debate

Notable: Massachusetts man pleads guilty to multiple counts of child pornography offenses.

@TheJusticeDept

Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Multiple Counts of Child Pornography Offenses

10:53 AM - 16 Apr 2019

https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept/status/1118210756762374144

Bruce Singer, 72, of Southampton, Massachusetts was charged with five counts of distribution of child pornography, one count of receipt of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography. Singer was indicted in March 2017. U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni scheduled sentencing for July 19, 2019.

According to admissions made in connection with his plea agreement, on various occasions between April 30, 2013 and June 25, 2015, Singer sent and received child pornography by text and email. Singer engaged in the exchange of child pornography with two other people, including James Smith, a man who was convicted in 2017 in District Court in Springfield, Massachusetts for distributing, transporting, receiving and possessing child pornography. At the time police searched his home in 2015, Singer possessed hundreds of images of child pornography on various electronic devices, including images of several known child victims.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/massachusetts-man-pleads-guilty-multiple-counts-child-pornography-offenses

Notable: Hillary Clinton, Ben Shapiro, and media boost GoFundMe to rebuild historically black churches that burned down.

Hillary Clinton, Ben Shapiro, and media boost GoFundMe to rebuild historically black churches that burned down

A new push is underway to raise funds to rebuild churches in the United States after catastrophic damage was done to the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday. Responding to high-profile money declarations to help rebuild the French landmark, Huffington Post journalist Yashar Ali urged his Twitter following Tuesday to help raise funds on GoFundMe to rebuild three historically black churches in Louisiana after they were burned down by a suspected arsonist.

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“The rebuild of Notre Dame will be well funded. In the past month, three historically black churches in Louisiana were destroyed by a racist arsonist. He has been charged with hate crimes, but these churches need your help. Please join me in donating,” Yashar said Tuesday.

The rebuild of Notre Dame will be well funded. Yashar was joined by several prominent media and public figures after encouraging them to match his $1,000 donation. Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro matched Yashar’s donation along with CNN host Jake Tapper, late night host Seth Meyers, and actress Kristin Davis. Hillary Clinton retweeted the link to the GoFundMe, which has raised over $350,000 of their $1.8 million goal, with the majority of the money coming within the last day. Three historically black churches burned to the ground on March 26, April 2, and April 4. A week later, the son of a deputy sheriff was arrested in connection with the events.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/hillary-clinton-ben-shapiro-and-media-boost-gofundme-to-rebuild-historically-black-churches-that-burned-down

Deputy sheriff's son charged in connection with string of fires at historically black churches in Louisiana

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/black-church-fires-louisiana-suspect-holden-matthews-charged/

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1118173564312666112

https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1118210864652390402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1118180440622288897

Notable: Pussy Riot member Veronika Nikulshina has been taken into police custody in Moscow.

This band in trouble again.

Pussy Riot member Veronika Nikulshina has been taken into police custody in Moscow, their representative confirms to Pitchfork. As of press time, she is still in custody, along with Alexey Yershov and Maxim Karnaukhov, who head the Russian theatre company Teatr. Na Vynos. Pussy Riot issued the following statement to Pitchfork:

Right at the exit from their apartment Nika, Alexey and Maxim were arrested before going to the “Golden Mask” theatre award at the Bolshoi theatre, the main theatre award in Russia where all 3 were officially nominated and invited. Police said they need to take them them in for a certain check up.

Nikulshina was among the Pussy Riot members who stormed the field in protest during the 2018 World Cup finals in Moscow. The members received 15-day prison sentences and a three-year ban from attending sporting events in Russia. In September 2018, Pussy Riot’s Peter Verzilov—who was also among the protestors—was hospitalized after being poisoned.

https://pitchfork.com/news/pussy-riot-member-veronika-nikulshina-arrested-in-moscow/

Notable: Asserting control over the Fed may make POTUS responsible for its success or failure.

Trump May Regret His Fed Takeover Attempt

Some things are too important to leave to politicians. One such thing: the money supply. That’s why the Federal Reserve is an independent agency, at least in theory.

Presidents like this arrangement because it lets them disclaim responsibility when the Fed does something unpopular. But that only works if the president doesn’t even try to assert control. Trying to influence the Fed, as Trump is doing, has three possible outcomes—and two of them are bad for Trump. Either…

He fails to influence the Fed and makes himself look impotent, or

He succeeds in influencing the Fed and takes blame for its mistakes, or

He succeeds in influencing the Fed and the economy grows.

Other presidents have tried this, and it didn’t end well.

Not So Independent

Trump had the chance to make a quick impact by filling several Federal Reserve Board vacancies in his first two years. He didn’t seize that opportunity. That was unfortunate. The Fed needs broader representation. It shouldn’t be all bankers and economists. And that isn’t just my personal preference.

The Federal Reserve Act orders presidents to nominate Fed governors with “due regard to a fair representation of the financial, agricultural, industrial, and commercial interests, and geographical divisions of the country.”

Presidents of both parties have long ignored this law, and senators let them do it. Now bankers run the Fed, supported by PhD-holding economics professors. We have seen the results. I think some more diversity would make the Fed work better.

Trump seems to agree, but he has a different kind of diversity in mind. He wants to add Herman Cain and Stephen Moore to the Fed board. Either would certainly bring a new perspective, but not the kind the law requires.

Cain and Moore would not represent “agricultural, industrial, and commercial interests.” They would represent partisan political interests, and specifically those of President Trump.

Again, I don’t expect saint-like neutrality. Everyone has opinions. But the US has plenty of thoughtful, well-educated people who would do their best to consider the data and make good policy decisions.

Cain and Moore aren’t in that category. They’ve already decided what monetary policy they want. And (surprise!) it’s exactly what President Trump wants: lower interest rates.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-16/trump-may-regret-his-fed-takeover-attempt

Notable: Instagram blocks Iran Revolutionary Guard pages after US terror listing.

Instagram Blocks Iran Revolutionary Guard Pages After US Terror Listing

Instagram has begun blocking pages belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) following the organization's official listing as a “Foreign Terrorist Organization”, or FTO on Monday.

The commander of the IRGC's elite Quds force, Qassem Soleimani, finally had his page blocked following this week's designation. He had maintained the account for two-and-a-half years, for which he frequently posted anti-American political messages and threats. And the IRGC's official page was also blocked, which had nearly 1 million subscribers.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-16/instagram-blocks-iranian-guards-pages-after-us-terror-listing

Notable: Two US cancer patients treated with CRISPR.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6928783/Two-Americans-genes-edited-CRISPR-bid-treat-cancer.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus

Notable: WiFi being removed from schools worldwide.

WiFi Being Removed from Schools Worldwide

Schools Worldwide Removing the Wi-Fi and Reducing Exposure

This page hosts a running list of INDIVIDUAL schools that have removed Wi-Fi or reduced Wi-Fi radiation. The information is divided into country/state government action on public schools first and then a list of private schools. Scroll down for the list.

Please note that the countries of Cyprus, France, Belgium and Israel are among the countries that have banned Wi-Fi in classrooms for young children and/or taken major measures to reduce radiation exposure.

Learn more about government and country action here. Learn more about PTAs and Teacher Unions taking action here.

In 2017, the Maryland State Children’s Environmental Health And Protection Advisory Council issued first ever Recommendations for Wired Internet In Schools and Minimizing RF Classrooms:

The Maryland State Children’s Environmental Health and Protection Advisory Council (CEHPAC) issued a Report advising the Department of Education to recommend local school districts reduce classroom wireless radiation exposures by providing wired—rather than wireless—internet connections.

Introductory information for teachers and decision makers includes:

New Jersey Education Association “Minimize health risks from electronic devices” Article, PDF of Recommendations

Read a the Santa Clara Medical Bulletin article by Dr. Cindy Russell on Schools and Wireless

EHT’s Briefing on Wireless Radiation and Children’s Health

Safe Schools 2012, Wi-Fi in Canadian Schools: A Health and Safety Issue

Best Practices

Upper Sturt Primary School WiFi and Cell Phone Policy: A great example of policy independant schools can practically implement.

Collaborative for High Performing Schools Low EMF Criteria/Blueprint For Schools: This criteria gives plans to school on how to reduce and eliminate exposures.

Medical Recommendations

Connecticut Department of Health, Vienna Medical Association, Cyprus Medical Association, Athens Medical Association, Child and Youth Service Geneva Switzerland, EMF Scientist Appeal

https://ehtrust.org/schools-worldwide-removing-wifi-reducing-exposure/

Notable: >>6201600, >>6201885 Columbine and other suburban Denver schools on lockdown.

https://apnews.com/c71a09745a8d4973b8114b1f0a52604e

Notable: >>6201491 Saudi Arabia, Israel, US all sought Bashir’s ouster.

Saudi Arabia, Israel, US All Sought Bashir’s Ouster: So How Real Was the Sudan Revolution?

Last week’s events in Sudan appear to be yet another example of foreign governments manipulating real dissent against an authoritarian government in order to install yet another authoritarian government more friendly to their interests but to the detriment of the people.

KHARTOUM, SUDAN — Last Thursday, the decades-long rule of Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir came to an end, as the country’s long-time leader was ousted in a military coup that followed months of protests against his rule, which began in 1989. Bashir’s overthrow was widely hailed in the U.S. as a “revolution” brought on by a people-powered movement, in which women played a prominent role. Indeed, the symbol of this recent “revolution” has become 22-year-old student Alaa Salah, after a picture of her speaking to a crowd went viral last Tuesday, with some in international media dubbing her “Sudan’s statue of liberty.”

Given the intense news cycle that occurred last week — from Israel’s elections, to the Trump administration’s troubling declaration aimed at Iran’s military, to the recent arrest of Julian Assange in Ecuador’s London embassy — little international attention was paid to last week’s military coup in Sudan. For many, last week’s events seem simply the logical conclusion of months of protests aimed first at rising food prices and subsequently at Bashir’s nearly thirty-year rule. Yet, the reality of what has recently transpired in Sudan could not be further from that assumption.

While Bashir’s lengthy rule over Sudan has been filled with many despotic, authoritarian actions and state-sponsored violence over the years, and while many Sudanese citizens were likely all-too-eager for a change in government, powerful forces — the United States among them — had long sought Bashir’s ouster for other reasons, much of their motive linked to the country’s oil reserves.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/saudi-arabia-israel-us-all-sought-bashirs-ouster-how-real-was-sudan-revolution/257417/

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Notable: >>6201467, >>6201773 The Washington Field Office simulated a terroist attack [on Manning] and enticed him to escape from her prison cell.

>>6201427

I forgot about his crazy thing.

The Washington Field Office simulated a terroist attack [on Manning] and enticed him to escape from her prison cell.

THIS is what they want Manning to testify about.

Notable: Judicial Watch sues FBI for records of communications and payments to dossier author Christopher Steele.

Judicial Watch Sues FBI For Records of Communications and Payments to Dossier Author Christopher Steele

Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit against the FBI on Tuesday for records of communications and payments to dossier author Christopher Steele.

Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit after the FBI failed to respond to a September 27, 2018, FOIA request (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:19-cv-00572)).

Judicial Watch is seeking:

All records of communications between any official, employee, or representative of the FBI and Mr. Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer and the owner of the private firm Orbis Business Intelligence.

All records related to the proposed, planned, or actual payment of any funds to Mr. Steele and/or Orbis Business Intelligence

All records produced in preparation for, during, or pursuant to any meetings or telephonic conversations between any official, employee, or representative of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Mr. Christopher Steele and/or any employee or representative of Orbis Business Intelligence

The time frame for Judicial Watch’s request is March 9, 2017 to September 27, 2018.

Former British spy Christopher Steele was paid by Hillary Clinton and the DNC [through law firm Perkins Coie and oppo research firm Fusion GPS] to compile a 35-page Russia dossier to smear Donald Trump.

The dossier, which still has not been verified was then used by Obama’s FBI and DOJ to obtain a FISA warrant and three subsequent renewals to spy on Trump campaign advisor Carter Page.

The FBI also paid Steele to be a “confidential human source” [CHS] prior to firing him as a source on November 1st, 2016 after he disclosed his relationship to the FBI to reporters.

Documents previously obtained by Judicial Watch revealed the FBI made a total of 11 payments to Christopher Steele, however, the docs were almost completely redacted.

Other heavily redacted documents recently obtained by Judicial Watch revealed that twice-demoted DOJ official Bruce Ohr acted as a backchannel for Steele to the FBI after the bureau terminated its relationship with Steele.

“How and why did the FBI pay Christopher Steele, who was already being funded by the Clinton campaign and DNC through Fusion GPS?” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “That we had to sue for this basic information shows the FBI may have something more to hide.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/04/judicial-watch-sues-fbi-for-records-of-communications-and-payments-to-dossier-author-christopher-steele/

Notable: Ukraine Presidential election: Group of people with machine gun detained near Zelensky’s home.

Ukraine Presidential Election: Group Of People With Machine Gun Detained Near Zelensky’s Home

A group of 3 “criminals” was detained near a home of “one of the candidates for the President of Ukraine”, Anton Gerashchenko, a member of the Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, reported last night.

He provided no details into the “candidate”, who had been threatened, but the provided location of the incident confirms that this was an area near the home of the presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky, who is expected to achieve victory over the current Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko in the upcoming second round of the presidential election.

https://southfront.org/ukraine-presidential-election-group-of-people-with-machine-gun-detained-near-zelenskys-home/

Notable: Big Mike in Paris on the day of Notre Dame fire.

Big Mike in Paris for Notre Dame fireworks.

Bonus: The one comment that made it through the thought police in 2 hours. Kek.

Notable: New EU internet copyright laws will give US web giants a huge financial advantage and subject Europeans to mass surveillance.

New EU internet copyright laws will give US web giants a huge financial advantage and subject Europeans to mass surveillance, data privacy expert warns

The EU has approved new copyright rule which protects content being shared

It forces tech giants such as Google to pay publishers and artists for their work

Copyright expert Cory Doctorow warned it would make US tech firms overmighty as smaller companies relied on their filtering software

A leading authorities on online data privacy has warned new EU copyright regulations will give US tech firms money and data from hobbled European rivals.

Yesterday the EU has adopted copyright reforms championed by the media despite opposition from Google and campaigners saying it restricts internet freedom.

The reform, which got final approval from the European Council on Monday, was loudly backed by news publishers and artists who want protection over their content being shared.

But German Data Privacy Commissioner Ulrich Kelber, who is also a computer scientist, warned before the measure passed that its Article 13 will exacerbate the problem of market concentration in the tech sector, and expose Europeans to particular risk of online surveillance and manipulation.

Article 13 requires that online communities, platforms, and services prevent their users from committing copyright infringement, rather than ensuring that infringing materials are speedily removed.

In an official statement on the Directive, Kelber warned it would lead to the use of automated filters, which would be powered by the industry's largest firms, since they have the resources to build and run the software.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6926293/New-EU-internet-copyright-laws-web-giants-huge-financial-advantage.html

Notable: Video of the first shipments of foreign humanitarian aid from the #RedCross arriving in #Venezuela. (unconfirmed)

https://twitter.com/sotiridi/status/1118237019006808066

Notable: Concord Management (Russian troll case) update: Jeannie Rhee has withdrawn as counsel.

Concord Management (Russian troll case) update: Jeannie Rhee has withdrawn as counsel.

https://twitter.com/Techno_Fog/status/1118236204871376897

Jeannie was Hillary's lawyer for the email server case.

Chances are Hillary needs her again, soon.

Notable: White House has reportedly denied a records request by House Democrats involving the AT&T-Time Warner merger.

The White House has reportedly denied a records request by House Democrats involving the AT&T-Time Warner merger.

In a letter to Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and antitrust subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline (D-R.I.) sent Monday, White House counsel Pat Cipollone appeared to claim executive privilege, calling the documents “protected communications.” The requests came after a New Yorker report that President Trump directed aides to pressure the DOJ to try and spike the merger.

Lawmakers had requested the documents to be provided by late March.

https://newsbreakinglive.com/2019/04/16/breaking-white-house-denies-democrats-att-time-warner-records-request/

Notable: Trump will allow Americans to sue companies in Cuba.

Trump will allow Americans to sue companies in Cuba

President Trump will allow U.S. citizens to sue companies doing business in Cuba, according to a senior administration official, in his latest move to ramp up pressure on the communist island nation.

National security adviser John Bolton is expected to announce on Wednesday that Trump will enforce a provision of the 1996 Helms-Burton Act that allows Americans to file lawsuits against companies that benefited from the seizure of U.S. property after the 1959 Cuban revolution.

The decision upends more than two decades of U.S. policy and could inflame tensions with allies who do business in Cuba.

Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama waived the provision out of concern that a flurry of lawsuits against European and other companies could trigger a diplomatic crisis.

The State Department telegraphed the move last month when it stopped the waivers on a short-term basis.

Bolton is scheduled to speak in Miami about the Trump administration’s efforts to counter Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba, a group he has labeled the “troika of tyranny.” He will address the Bay of Pigs Veterans Association on the anniversary of the CIA’s failed 1961 effort to overthrow Fidel Castro.

The administration has recently taken a number of actions to increase pressure on the countries, including new sanctions against companies transporting oil from Venezuela to Cuba. The penalties are meant to punish Cuba for its support of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, whom the U.S. and other nations say is illegitimately holding onto power.

Trump has also sought to undercut Obama’s historic rapprochement with Cuba, which ended the U.S.’s Cold War-era policy of isolating Havana.

He recently scrapped a deal allowing Cuban baseball players to sign directly with Major League Baseball teams without having to defect. The administration also pulled the vast majority of U.S. embassy staff from Havana, citing sonic attacks.

The administration in 2017 considered severing all diplomatic relations with Cuba, before settling on a series of actions that tightened trade and travel rules restrictions that were loosened by Obama, according to documents obtained by The Hill.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/439161-trump-will-allow-americans-to-sue-companies-in-cuba

Notable: de Blasio to sue POTUS over his illegal to sanctuary city pipeline.

https://twitter.com/NewsBreaking/status/1118196936832536581

Notable: Shocking: Majority of European countries ignoring Paris Climate Agreement.

next, they make you feel bad about a 'hoax'

https://twitter.com/BreakingNLive/status/1118218357604483073

Notable: Greg Craig: Victor Pinchuk (Clinton donor) behind Ukraine report.

https://twitter.com/EpochTimes/status/1118226314694156289

POTUS_Schedule Retweeted

The Epoch Times

‏Verified account @EpochTimes

24m24 minutes ago

Former @BarackObama White House counsel #GregCraig revealed that Victor Pinchuk—a #Ukrainian businessman and a major donor to the #ClintonFoundation—funded the #Ukraine report which is now at the center of federal charges against Craig.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/clinton-foundation-donor-funded-ukraine-report-at-core-of-charges-against-former-obama-counsel_2881961.html

Clinton Foundation Donor Funded Ukraine Report at Core of Charges Against Former Obama Counsel

By Ivan Pentchoukov

April 16, 2019 Updated: April 16, 2019

On April 15, former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig revealed the identity of the mystery man who funded the Ukraine report which is now at the center of federal charges against Craig.

In a video statement, Craig said that Victor Pinchuk “helped fund” the 2012 report. Pinchuk is a Ukrainian businessman and a major donor to the Clinton Foundation.

“It was Doug Schoen who brought this project to me, and he told me he was acting on behalf of Mr. Victor Pinchuk, who is a pro-Western Ukranian businessman, who helped fund the project,” Craig said.

In an indictment filed earlier this month, federal prosecutors alleged that Craig lied about aspects of his work on the Ukraine report, including the nature and extent of his communications with the media, in order to avoid registering as a foreign lobbyist as required under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Craig adamantly denies the allegations, explaining that he worked with other attorneys to determine whether he was required to register and concluded that he was not.

“I never discussed the findings of our report with any U.S. officials. I certainly did not lobby any U.S. officials on behalf of Ukraine,” Craig said. “I did not help Ukraine promote its spin when it released our report.”

Hillary Clinton was the Secretary of State when Craig began work on the Ukraine report in 2012. Craig has had a long-running close and personal relationship with Bill and Hillary Clinton and held a senior position in the Clinton White House before becoming Obama’s counsel.

The Victor Pinchuk Foundation donated $10 million to $25 million to the Clinton Foundation sometime before 2013, making him the top foreign contributor to the foundation. When The Wall Street Journal asked the Pinchuk Foundation if Vikor Pinchuk was lobbying the State Department, Pinchuk’s foundation said, “this cannot be seen as anything but a good thing.”

The Pinchuk-Craig-Clinton links may mean that the Justice Department already has examined or may eventually scrutinize communications between Craig and the Clintons. While Craig said he did not lobby U.S. officials on behalf of Ukraine, he did not state whether he lobbied on behalf of Pinchuk, a private businessman who did not hold a post in the Ukrainian government at the time he funded the report. Craig also did not mention whether he lobbied a spouse of a U.S. official, namely Bill Clinton.

Schoen, the man who brought the project to Craig, was registered as a lobbyist for Pinchuk throughout Clinton’s tenure at the head of the State Department. It was after being introduced to the Clintons by Schoen in 2006 that Pinchuk began donating to the Clinton Foundation. Schoen told The Wall Street Journal that the donations were not part of his lobbying efforts.

Schoen arranged about a dozen meetings between Pinchuk and State Department officials between September 2011 and November 2012, according to The New York Times. The meetings occurred as Pinchuk was donating to the Clinton Foundation and funding Craig’s Ukraine report.

Notable: >>6201264 Planefag: second PP callsign.

Second PP Callsign

Earlier I posted caps of a C-2 navy transport plane using 'PP' as its callsign.

Just captured a second plane using the same callsign this time on the west coast.

Two planes using the same callsign is very unusual.

Second plane ran up the laft coast from Coronado naval base San Diego up to Moffett Field San Jose.

Notable: Navy SEAL charged with war crimes accused of threatening to kill teammates if they talked.

Navy SEAL charged with war crimes accused of threatening to kill teammates if they talked, court documents show

Leaked court documents from a January ruling revealed allegations that Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, who is accused of killing an ISIS fighter after the militant surrendered, threatened to kill anyone who spoke against him, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported on Friday.

Gallagher’s lawyers said these claims are “entirely fabricated,” adding that these months-old documents are leaking now because the prosecution’s case is falling apart.

Gallagher will stand trial next month.

Visit BusinessInsider.com for more stories.

A decorated US Navy SEAL accused of brutal killings in Iraq was also accused of threatening to kill teammates who spoke against him, according to court documents, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward “Eddie” Gallagher is accused of killing an unarmed ISIS fighter with a hunting knife and firing on civilians with a sniper rifle while deployed in Iraq, as well as intimidating fellow SEALs. Ahead of his May 28 court-martial trial, a leaked judge’s ruling from January alleged that Gallagher threatened to kill those who spoke out about the misconduct he is accused of.

https://www.businessinsider.com/seal-accused-of-war-crimes-allegedly-threatened-to-kill-teammates-2019-4#ow26uF2x6Awuzc2Q.99

Notable: Shocking leak reveals Facebook leveraged user data to reward friends, punish enemies.

Shocking Leak Reveals Facebook Leveraged User Data To Reward Friends, Punish Enemies

As traders focused on bank earnings and the outlook for global growth, NBC News wrested the market's attention back toward Facebook by publishing a report on what appears to be the largest leak of internal documents since the data privacy scandal that has dogged the company for more than a year erupted with the first reports about Cambridge Analytica's 'improper' leveraging of Facebook user data to influence elections.

Some 4,000 pages of documents shared with the network news organization by a journalist affiliated with the ICIJ, the same organization that helped bring us the Panama Papers leaks, revealed that Facebook had employed sensitive user data as a bargaining chip to attract major advertisers and close other deals between 2011 and 2015, when the company was struggling to cement its business model following its botched 2012 IPO.

The thousands of newly shared documents were anonymously leaked to the British investigative journalist Duncan Campbell, who shared them with a handful of media organizations: NBC News, Computer Weekly and Süddeutsche Zeitung. Campbell, a founding member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, is a computer forensics expert who has worked on international investigations including on offshore banking and big tobacco. The documents appear to be the same ones obtained by Parliament in late 2018 as part of an investigation into Facebook. Facebook did not question the authenticity of the documents NBC News obtained.

Facebook essentially offered companies like Amazon unfettered access to its data in exchange for agreeing to advertise on Facebook's platform, according to the documents, only a small fraction of which have been previously reported on. All of this was happening at a time when the company publicly professed to bee safeguarding user data.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-16/shocking-leak-reveals-facebook-leveraged-user-data-reward-friends-punish-enemies

Notable: Kenyan family files lawsuit against Boeing over Ethiopian Airlines crash.

Kenyan family files lawsuit against Boeing over Ethiopian Airlines crash

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan family has filed a lawsuit in Chicago against American aviation giant Boeing over a March 10 Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people, lawyers and family members said on Tuesday.

Siblings of 29-year-old engineer George Kabau said they wanted to force the company to release documents and emails relating to its 737 MAX 8 model, which was grounded worldwide after two major plane crashed in Ethiopia and Indonesia.

A preliminary report released earlier this month indicated Ethiopian Airlines pilots wrestled with a computer system that repeatedly ordered the nose down because of faulty sensor data. The same system was a focus of the preliminary report into the October Lion Air crash in Indonesia, which killed 189 people.

Dozens of families are already suing Boeing over the Lion Air crash, and three lawsuits have already been lodged over the Ethiopian Airlines crash, by the families of two Americans, including consumer activist Ralph Nader’s great niece, and a Rwandan.

Lion Air’s co-founder on Monday lashed out at Boeing’s handling of the accidents.

Kabua’s sister, Esther Kabau-Wanyoike, choked up as she told a press conference that she wanted to use her brother’s death to improve aviation safety.

“He didn’t leave a child. My mum is devastated,” she said. “We can use his demise to ensure safer travel for all.”

U.S. lawyer Nomi Husain, who is also representing one of the American families, said the lawsuit was filed in Chicago late on Monday. The family was seeking to hold Boeing accountable, he said.

“We want to let the litigation process play out,” he said. “When you put profits over safety, you will be held accountable and you will pay a price.”

Boeing said it would not comment on the lawsuit directly.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-airplane-lawsuit/kenyan-family-files-lawsuit-against-boeing-over-ethiopian-airlines-crash-idUSKCN1RS1JT

Notable: Unsealed affidavit tries to put WikiLeaks in cahoots with the Taliban.

Unsealed Affidavit Tries To Put WikiLeaks In Cahoots With The Taliban, Bin Laden

On Monday a federal judge in Virginia unsealed the original 2017 affidavit and criminal complaint on which Assange's extradition request to the US is based, offering new details including chat logs between Assange and former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea (then Bradley) Manning, which attempt to support a single count of “conspiracy to commit computer intrusion” which may or may not have succeeded.

The US alleges Assange actively sought for and encouraged Manning to crack a password to access classified information on a Defense Department network; the affidavit claims details related to this charge, for instance chat log discussions between the pair over how to crack a password, though the affidavit notes that "it remains unknown whether Manning and Assange were successful in cracking the password," related to the conspiracy charge.

Investigators have not recovered a response by Manning to Assange's question, and there is no other evidence as to what Assange did, if anything, with respect to the password,” the document states.

However, the FBI-produced affidavit's language throughout makes no mention of Assange acting in the way of a journalist or a publisher, but instead takes pains to paint him as conspiring to commit espionage.

The document further notes that though Manning suspected the person on the other end of the chat was Assange, ultimately “it took me four months to confirm that the person i was communicating was in fact assange.”

The affidavit describes the individual in communication with Manning “appeared to have extensive knowledge of WikiLeaks' day-to-day operations, including knowledge of submissions of information to the organization, as well as of financial matters.”

„Would“ … „would“… „remains unknown“ … „no other evidence“ #Assange (https://t.co/wlLP4sO3ew) pic.twitter.com/DnY81XP9X9

— Frederik Obermaier (@f_obermaier) April 15, 2019

https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/72179/unsealed-affidavit-tries%C2%A0to-put-wikileaks-in-cahoots-with-the-taliban-bin.html

Notable: Billionaires pledge money to rebuild Notre Dame.

>>6200860

Theory:

France began remodeling the Cathedral.

A huge tourist site, and therefore makes huge revenues.

But the remodel was far worse than they thought.

So they decided to burn it and start over.

With sucker's money. Suckers like this:

French billionaire Bernard Arnault and his group LVMH pledge 200 million euros for Notre Dame's …

PARIS - PARIS (AP) - French billionaire Bernard Arnault and his group LVMH pledge 200 million euros for Notre Dame's reconstruction.

https://www.boston25news.com/news/french-billionaire-bernard-arnault-and-his-group-lvmh-pledge-200-million-euros-for-notre-dames/940493615

Notable: DJT Tweet: No Collusion - No Obstruction.

DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1118227380789817345

Notable: Denmark arrests 23 after violence triggered by campaigner throwing Quran in air.

Denmark Arrests 23 After Violence Triggered by Campaigner Throwing Quran in Air

Danish police faced off against civil unrest and riots in a diverse suburb of capital city Copenhagen Sunday night, as local residents reacted violently to the presence of an anti-Islamisation campaigner who threw a copy of the Quran into the air.

Lawyer and political campaigner Rasmus Paludan, who had pre-warned police that he was intending to lead a demonstration on Sunday afternoon, threw a copy of the Quran through the air several times before being escorted away from the area by police for his own safety. Paludan was banned from protesting in Copenhagen for the rest of the day, but launched a new protest Tuesday evening in a neighbouring police district.

Police eventually arrested 23 during the rioting that followed the Sunday afternoon protest, including one who launched an attempted attack on Paludan himself, rushing at the activist and attempting to hit to kick him, reports Politiken.

As the evening progressed, a burning barricade was built in the streets, and rocks and fireworks were thrown at police, according to reports in Danish media. Police for their part deployed in riot gear and used tear gas to clear the area, and even drew their side arms in response to threats, although the firearms were not discharged.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/04/16/denmark-arrests-23-after-violence-triggered-by-free-campaigner-throwing-quran-in-air/

Notable: Israel took out ‘Iranian missile site’ in Syria. Maybe.

Israel took out ‘Iranian missile site’ in Syria… or something like that

An Israeli intelligence firm says it has evidence a recent airstrike in Syria destroyed an Iranian missile site – but isn’t quite sure if it really was a missile site, or whether it was actually operated by Iran.

Israeli intelligence contractor ImageSat International (ISI) posted a series of tweets on Sunday about the strike in Masyaf, saying that it targeted manufacturing hangars for Iranian surface-to-surface missiles (SSM), citing “open source intelligence.”

ISI’s assessment was derived from a series of satellite images which it says depict the aftermath of the Israeli strike.

https://www.rt.com/news/456651-israel-syria-iran-strike/

Notable: China mad at Pompeo for messing up their Chilean game.

‘Pompeo lost his mind’: Chinese diplomat hits back at US attacks on Beijing’s investments in Chile

The Chinese ambassador to Santiago called US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “a hypocrite” after he tried to dissuade the South American nation from dealing with Beijing, as the US and China remain locked in a trade war.

“Pompeo has lost his mind and gone too far,” Beijing’s envoy to Chile, Xu Bu, said, slamming the attacks against Chinese economic activities in the region as “malicious” and “absurd.”

Mike Pompeo earlier called Chinese investment projects in the South America “debt deal traps” during a visit to Santiago. Beijing “often injects corrosive capital into the economic bloodstream, giving life to corruption, and eroding good governance,” he said.

https://www.rt.com/news/456660-pompeo-lost-mind-china-diplomat/

Notable: Trump maintains 52% approval, most say it was Obama/aides guilty of spying.

Interesting polling questions and results from Rasmussen today. POTUS approval staying relatively strong 52% (all time high 53% a week ago).

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/april_2019/most_say_it_s_likely_obama_top_aides_aware_of_trump_spying

Notable: Anon theorizes head fake confirmation of Mueller MOAB.

Any thoughts on this?

Completely pic reliant.

Notable: US Army Corps of Engineers Tweet: Dirt, Can Do! and Storm.

DIRT

Storm

https://twitter.com/ArmyCorpsNAD/status/1118180442958647298?s=19

Notable: Recent articles alerting DS to Haspel's patriotic nature?

These recent articles emphasize that Haspel is on good terms with Trump, in spite of Trump's prior distrust of the intelligence community (DS).

Remember when Chuck Schumer said Donald Trump was being "really dumb" about how he was dealing with the intelligence community?

"Let me tell you: You take on the intelligence community — they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you,"

To me, these articles seem to be communication from the DS in the C_A signaling to their network that Haspel is not on their side after all…. in spite of the fact that EVERYONE (Brennan et al) was supporting her appointment to lead the CIA.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/why-do-so-many-spies-support-gina-haspel-head-cia-n872091

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/16/trumps-sympathy-assassination/

HASPEL KEEPS CIA OFF TRUMP’S RADAR — While personnel turmoil has gripped DHS and other federal agencies, CIA Director Gina Haspel has managed to avoid President Donald Trump’s wrath and dispel doubts on Capitol Hill about the direction of the spy agency, Martin reports. On Thursday, Haspel will deliver her second public remarks, a departure from what former agency officials and lawmakers view as a deliberate strategy by the first female CIA director to stay out of the headlines.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-cybersecurity/2019/04/16/democratic-presidential-candidate-offers-major-cyber-policy-idea-585667

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/us/politics/gina-haspel-trump.html

Notable: Google blocks Chinese app TikTok in India after court order.

Google blocks Chinese app TikTok in India after court order

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Google has blocked access to the hugely popular video app TikTok in India to comply with a state court’s directive to prohibit its downloads, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The move comes hours after a court in southern Tamil Nadu state refused a request by China’s Bytedance Technology to suspend a ban on its TikTok app, putting its future in one of its key markets in doubt. The state court had on April 3 asked the federal government to ban TikTok, saying it encouraged pornography and made child users vulnerable to sexual predators. Its ruling came after an individual launched a public interest litigation calling for a ban. The federal government had sent a letter to Apple and Google to abide by the state court’s order, according to an IT ministry official.

The app was still available on Apple’s platforms late on Tuesday, but was no longer available on Google’s Play store in India. Google said in a statement it does not comment on individual apps but adheres to local laws. Apple did not respond to requests for comment, while TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Google’s move.

TikTok, which allows users to create and share short videos with special effects, has become hugely popular in India but has been criticized by some politicians who say its content is inappropriate. It had been downloaded more than 240 million times in India, app analytics firm Sensor Tower said in February. More than 30 million users in India installed it in January 2019, 12 times more than in the same month last year. Jokes, clips and footage related to India’s thriving movie industry dominate the app’s platform, along with memes and videos in which youngsters, some scantily clad, lip-sync and dance to popular music. Bytedance challenged the state court’s ban order in India’s Supreme Court last week, saying it went against freedom of speech rights in India. The top court had referred the case back to the state court, where a judge on Tuesday rejected Bytedance’s request to put the ban order on hold, K. Neelamegam, a lawyer arguing against Bytedance in the case, said.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tiktok-india-court/google-blocks-chinese-app-tiktok-in-india-after-court-order-idUSKCN1RS1HT?il=0

Notable: US Navy tweets suicide hotline on Stree Awareness Day. o7

US NAVY

KEK…..Military Q team is trolling the SWAMP with the

suicide hotline #

Notable: White House talking to other possible Fed candidates.

White House talking to other possible Fed candidates: Kudlow

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is considering other possible candidates for the board of the Federal Reserve although U.S. President Donald Trump still backs his two potential nominees, Herman Cain and Stephen Moore, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Tuesday.

Kudlow, speaking to reporters at the White House, added that Trump’s picks are still going through the nominating process for the seats on the U.S. central bank’s board of governors.

“We are talking to a number of candidates. We always do,” he said when asked if the White House was vetting alternates for Cain and Moore, whose controversial potential nominations have raised concerns among economists as well as some of Trump’s fellow Republicans.

“We support (Stephen Moore). We support Herman Cain. We’ll just let things play out in the vetting,” he said.

Despite the assurances, Kudlow’s comments could signal the administration is increasingly open to other Fed nominees, amid a rising chorus of opposition to their nominations.

The U.S. Senate must confirm any nominees, and Republicans control the chamber with 53 seats. But four of them have said they oppose Cain, a former pizza company chief executive, effectively sinking his nomination.

Neither candidate’s name has been formally sent to the Senate, but Trump has pledged to do so.

Trump has repeatedly slammed the Fed for raising rates, saying that rate hikes are holding back the economy. His pick of Moore and Cain has been seen by critics as a means to put pressure on the central bank to ease policy and help him politically.

Such pressure could undermine the Fed’s long-guarded image as an independent, nonpartisan entity, economists and other critics have argued.

Moore has spoken on several conservative radio talk shows this month extolling Trump’s economic policies, echoing his view that the Fed’s rate hikes last year were a mistake, and laying out his case for a rate cut, which Trump has called for.

Cain has said the reason he was under attack as a nominee is because he is a conservative. Cain’s bid for president in 2012 was derailed by accusations of sexual harassment that he has repeatedly denied.

“At the end of the day, it will probably be up to Herman Cain if he wants to stay in that process or not,” Kudlow said.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-fed/white-house-talking-to-other-possible-fed-candidates-kudlow-idUSKCN1RS1O3

Notable: Clinton loyalist David Brock plotting anti-Bernie Sanders campaign.

Clinton Loyalist David Brock Plotting Anti-Bernie Sanders Campaign

Liberal political organizer David Brock is reportedly in discussions with Democrat operatives about launching an effort to thwart Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) prospects of winning the party’s nomination for president in 2020. According to the New York Times, Brock, founder of the left-wing American Bridge super PAC, is one of several left-leaning operatives concerned about Sanders’ apparent status as the Democrat frontrunner. “The Bernie question comes up in every fund-raising meeting I do,” Brock told the Times. “There’s a growing realization that Sanders could end up winning this thing, or certainly that he stays in so long that he damages the actual winner,” said Brock, who backed Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential bids in 2008 and 2016. Brock told the Times that he has spoken to fellow operatives about a possible anti-Sanders campaign and says it should launch “sooner rather than later.” Brock did not reveal which operatives have been involved in these discussions.

In an interview with the Times, pollster Howard Wolfson seemingly concurred with Brock’s sense of urgency, saying that “People underestimate the possibility of [Sanders] becoming the nominee at their own peril.” However, Brock concedes that an effort to prevent Sanders from winning the nomination backed by big-money Democrats could potentially be exploited for the democratic socialist’s political gain. “You can see him reading the headlines now,” Brock said. “‘Rich people don’t like me.’” Any campaign supported by Brock to stop Sanders would be a reversal of a January 2017 promise to support the senator after opposing him during the 2016 Democrat presidential primary.

“I’m with you in the fight ahead,” Brock wrote in a blog post of Sanders on Medium. “At times during the Democratic primary, I was criticized for being too aggressive in my support for Secretary Clinton — and rightly so,” he added. “Looking back, I recognize that there were a few moments when my drive to put Hillary in the White House led me to take too stiff a jab. I own up to that, I regret it, and I apologize to you and your supporters for it.” The Sanders campaign has not commented on Brock’s plans to oppose his nomination.

Meanwhile, Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden hold a substantial lead over their Democrat White House rivals, according to an Emerson national poll released Monday. Sanders topped the survey with 29 percent of Democrat primary voters’ support, while Biden placed second with 24 percent. South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg ranked third at nine percent. Earlier this month, the Sanders campaign announced it raised $18.2 million over the first six weeks.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/16/clinton-loyalist-david-brock-plotting-anti-bernie-sanders-campaign/

‘Stop Sanders’ Democrats Are Agonizing Over His Momentum

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/us/politics/bernie-sanders-democratic-party.html

Dear Senator Sanders: I’m with You in the Fight Ahead

https://medium.com/@DavidBrock/dear-senator-sanders-im-with-you-in-the-fight-ahead-ffd42ae989bb

Notable: GrrrGraphics banned off Instagram.

https://twitter.com/GrrrGraphics/status/1118164576963452928

Notable: US Marshal Tweet/ICE re-Tweet: "US Marshals need your help in keeping our communities safe."

US Marshals need your help in keeping our communities safe.

If you have info on wanted fugitives, noncompliant sex offenders, or threats to the judiciary, you can submit an anonymous tip by going to:

[www.usmarshals.gov/tips/]

twitter.com/USMarshalsHQ/status/1118199457961529344

Notable: Even Obama's CBP Chief admits the border crisis.

Tamara Davis 🇺🇸 @warriors_mom

Obama's Border Patrol Chief: Migrant Crisis 'Worst In The History Of The Country' 😱 Zero Hedge #BorderCrisis #NatSec #MigrantCrisis

https://twitter.com/warriors_mom/status/1117947837109678080

5:28 PM - 15 Apr 2019

Notable: >>6199770 US DoD: "Booming is our business!" Flight pattern nod to Q?

Booming is our business!

twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/1118182264804794368

Notable: POTUS uses 52 in his tweet re: Golan Heights. Nod to Notre Dame?

I don't know if this means anything but there were 52 acres of trees used to build the church of ND. And Trump mentions 52 in this tweet about Golan Heights.

Notable: Melania Tweet: "I am always so impressed by the capabilities of our Armed Forces…"

Melania Trump @FLOTUS

I am always so impressed by the capabilities of our Armed Forces. Thank you to @FtBraggNC for yesterday’s wonderful visit. God Bless all of our men & women who are forward deployed & the families & military children who sacrifice on behalf of our nation. 🇺🇸

7:49 AM - 16 Apr 2019

REPOSTED

Notable: CIA Director helped POTUS with fly problem (kek??)

CIA director helped Trump debug Oval Office

CIA Director Gina Haspel was briefing President Trump shortly after she took over the agency when the president became distracted by flies swarming around the Oval Office. After leaving the meeting, Haspel sent Trump flypaper, according to the New York Times. The gesture was described by the publication as one of the ways Haspel has used her observational spy skills to connect with the president who is often dismissive of the intelligence community. It was also another instance of Trump becoming distracted by the insects during meetings in the Oval Office. The Washington Post reported in 2017 Trump once asked his then-chief of staff Reince Priebus to kill a fly buzzing overhead. The West Wing has a regular issue with flies.

During the Obama years, anti-insect lights were installed in the National Security Council suite and lower press office. Staffers were given fly swatters. Former President Barack Obama himself even chased down the insects.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cia-director-helped-trump-debug-oval-office

Gina Haspel Relies on Spy Skills to Connect With Trump. He Doesn’t Always Listen.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/us/politics/gina-haspel-trump.html

Trump once asked Reince Priebus to kill a fly in the Oval Office: Report

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-once-asked-reince-priebus-to-kill-a-fly-in-the-oval-office-report

What Has 132 Rooms and Flies?

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/us/politics/18fly.html

Notable: New @NSAGov RE: Data Analysis Challenge

https://twitter.com/NSAGov/status/1118190859697229825

Notable: , >>6199354 , >>6199304 , >>6199362 , >>6199411 More mockingbirds tweeting about 'Fanning Flames'

>>6199279

There's a bunch here that an anon compiled.

>>6197680 pb

Definitely was a slogan on Saturday.

Could be worth a graphic.

Pelosi was in Europe at the time as well.

https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/1117127615599521794

Notable: @DeptofDefense Booming is our business!

Booming is our business!

twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/1118182264804794368

Notable: Nancy Pelosi tweeting about fire TWO DAYS before the event

>>6197680 pb

>Mockingbird 4a.m. talking points are out: POTUS using 9/11 to attack Ilhan Ohmar

>fanning the flames

>>6198161 pb

>signaling something about the ND fire

These tweets were made on Saturday - 2 days before the fire

Hmmm

https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1117024803515445248

Notable: , >>6199171 , >>6199516 Interdasting posts RE: Mysterious fire (Notre Dame)

Second fire was started in North tower

The man in the video was walking from the North tower to the South tower exit stairs.

Was he just clearing tourists out of the building, or something more?

Notable: BlackRock profit beats estimates as assets rebound above $6 trillion

BlackRock profit beats estimates as assets rebound above $6 trillion

NEW YORK (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc, the world’s largest asset manager, reported first-quarter profit that exceeded expectations and raked in $65 billion of new investor cash as global financial markets rebounded from a volatile fourth quarter.

Total assets under management grew 3% to $6.52 trillion (£4.99 trillion) in the quarter through March 31 from a year earlier, amid a broad-based rebound in global equity markets. Assets had dipped below $6 trillion amid market turmoil late last year.

Total quarterly net inflows across all product types jumped 13.6 percent to $64.67 billion from a year earlier.

Overall, the company sold $59 billion in stock, bond and other “long-term” investment funds, up from the $43.6 billion in the quarter ended Dec. 31.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-blackrock-results/blackrock-profit-beats-estimates-as-assets-rebound-above-6-trillion-idUKKCN1RS0YM

sauce for pic

https://www.secform4.com/insider-trading/1364742.htm

Notable: Panic Erupts At 5th Ave Apple Store After Bedbug Sighting (KEK)

Panic Erupts At 5th Ave Apple Store After Bedbug Sighting

The iconic Apple store on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue has long been one of the most heavily trafficked in the world. But a group of disgruntled. employees recently complained to the New York Post that the store's management exposed staff and customers to bed bug infestation without warning.

The bed bug sightings, which began about a month ago, culminated in a furor on Friday when a bed bug was spotted inside a manager's office. Employees described a "mass exodus" of employees who fled the store. Frustrated employees said management had been giving. them "the runaround" about the bed bug risk until they finally caved on Friday and brought in a bed bug sniffing dog, which confirmed that bed bugs had been present in a staff locker room.

That was the first time management acknowledged that the threat was real. But that didn't stop the store from dragging its feet on the issue.

"It was just mayhem," an employee told The Post. (MAYHEM!!!!)

"There was a mass exodus… employees were freaking out they felt really unsafe and management kept giving them the runaround."

Staff were asked to double-bag their belongings while a "bed bug beagle" came to search the store. However, the issue had started three to four weeks earlier during the overnight shift, which draws many homeless visitors looking for shelter. After a bed bug was discovered on a table, management roped the area off without explanation, but didn't alert customers or staff to the threat.

The improper handling of the situation exposed both customers and staff to the bed bugs.

The table was left cordoned off while employees and customers were allowed in the store and around the table with no warning of the bed bug threat, an employee said.

Employees complained that the issue, and the store's reluctance in handling it, made them feel "unsafe at work" and like they didn't matter to the company.

"I shouldn’t have to go to work feeling unsafe and unprotected," one worker told The Post.

"We felt very anxious, used and unimportant, like we were just another number."

Even after the store brought in an exterminator, the bed bug sightings continued. One employee picked a bug off their sweater and took a video of it, which was circulated among hundreds of staff.

When management brought an exterminator in for another go, they again failed to inform their employees. Instead, the store mysteriously closed for six hours in the middle of the night. They said the closure was due to a 'water leak'

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-16/panic-erupts-5th-ave-apple-store-after-bedbug-sighting

Notable: , >>6199221 Planefag Updates: C-2 Greyhound transport callsign 'PP'

PP callsign

A navy C-2 Greyhound transport with a callsign that caught my eye 'PP'.

Plane flew an orbit around Stamford, Connecticut with an odd tick in the track pointing towards New Canaan.

Notable: UniCredit Group Banks Agree to Pay Over $1.3 Billion for Violating Sanctions

UniCredit Bank AG Agrees to Plead Guilty for Illegally Processing Transactions in Violation of Iranian Sanctions

UniCredit Group Banks Agree to Pay Over $1.3 Billion for Violating Sanctions

UniCredit Bank AG (UCB AG), a financial institution headquartered in Munich, operating under the name HypoVereinsbank, and part of the UniCredit Group has agreed to enter a guilty plea to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and to defraud the United States by processing hundreds of millions of dollars of transactions through the U.S. financial system on behalf of an entity designated as a weapons of mass destruction proliferator and other Iranian entities subject to U.S. economic sanctions. UniCredit Bank Austria (BA), another financial institution in the UniCredit Group, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, agreed to forfeit $20 million and entered into a non-prosecution agreement to resolve an investigation into its violations of IEEPA. UniCredit SpA, the parent of both UCB AG and BA, has agreed to ensure that UCB AG and BA’s obligations are fulfilled.

Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu of the District of Columbia, Assistant Director in Charge William F. Sweeny of the FBI’s New York Field Office and Special Agent in Charge Kelly Jackson of the IRS-Criminal Investigations (CI) Washington Field Division made the announcement.

According to court documents, over the course of almost 10 years, UCB AG knowingly and willfully moved at least $393 million through the U.S. financial system on behalf of sanctioned entities, most of which was for an entity the U.S. Government specifically prohibited from accessing the U.S. financial system. UCB AG engaged in this criminal conduct through a scheme, formalized in its own bank polices and designed to conceal from U.S. regulators and banks the involvement of sanctioned entities in certain transactions. UCB AG routed illegal payments through U.S. financial institutions for the benefit of the sanctioned entities in ways that concealed the involvement of the sanctioned entities, including through the use of companies that UCB AG knew would appear unconnected to the sanctioned entity despite being controlled by the sanctioned entity.

“When the United States sanctioned Iranian entities for proliferating weapons of mass destruction, UCB AG went to great lengths to help one such entity – Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines – evade sanctions to gain access to the U.S. financial system,” said Assistant Attorney General Benczkowski. “The integrity of our financial system requires financial institutions to comply with our laws, and UCB AG willfully failed to do so. Today’s guilty plea and $1.3 billion penalty are just punishments for undermining U.S. sanctions and putting our financial system at risk.”

“UCB AG’s actions in deliberately providing a designated weapons-of-mass-destruction proliferator with access to the U.S. financial system for almost two years after such access was prohibited by U.S. law were particularly egregious,” said U.S. Attorney Liu. “The bank’s impending guilty plea and the accompanying monetary penalty announced today send a clear message that financial institutions that subvert U.S. sanctions, and therefore our national security, should expect severe consequences.”

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unicredit-bank-ag-agrees-plead-guilty-illegally-processing-transactions-violation-iranian

Notable: Judicial Watch announced a schedule of depositions of senior Obama-era State Dept officials, lawyers, and Clinton aides…

Judicial Watch announced a schedule of depositions of senior Obama-era State Dept officials, lawyers, and Clinton aides who have been ordered by the court to provide answers under oath to JW’s questions about the Benghazi and Clinton email scandals.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-announces-depositions-of-senior-obama-era-officials-and-former-hillary-clinton-aides/?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=press%20release

Notable: Smartypants anon with a numbers/arrows chart breakdown. Thors Hammer

Hey Q, I worked a little too hard on this, but I think I've got it connected.

Just like D5 was meant to expend the Bush card, the countdown for Mueller's report was to expend the Notre Dame card. Q's countdown was quite obvious, almost too obvious.

All weekend on FOX they were saying it'll be released in 48 hours. Q pointed directly to Monday the 15th. One hour before Notre Dame is visibly on fire, news breaks that the report won't be until Thursday.

Just like with the Huber Testimony, it got delayed till Thursday. And Huber wasn't ever planning on being there anyway!!!

Moves and countermoves! These people are DUMB! Ammunition is hard to come by!

What is THURSday? THORSday? What does THOR have? A HAMMER

Notable: Syrian Army kicks off new operation to eliminate ISIS from Iraqi border

Syrian Army kicks off new operation to eliminate ISIS from Iraqi border

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) carried out a new military operation, today, in the eastern part of the Deir Ezzor Governorate.

According to a source in Deir Ezzor, the Syrian Arab Army began the operation near the key border city of Albukamal, which was liberated from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) in late 2017.

The source said the Syrian Army is attempting to clear the Islamic State’s hideouts near the Iraqi border; this comes just 48 hours after the terrorist group carried out another ambush along the Palmyra-Deir Ezzor.

The operation is reportedly being carried out in several other areas in eastern Syria, including the eastern countryside of the Homs Governorate.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-kicks-off-new-operation-to-eliminate-isis-from-iraqi-border/

Notable: F-35 deploys to Middle East for first time

F-35 deploys to Middle East for first time

The Air Force’s most advanced fighter jet has, for the first time, been deployed to the Middle East.

U.S. Air Forces Central Command said in a release that F-35A Lightning IIs from the 388th Fighter Wing and the 419th Fighter Wing, both at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, arrived at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates Monday.

The F-35′s arrival comes a little more than a month after B-1B Lancer bombers completed their deployment at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which left the Air Force with no bomber presence in the Middle East. The joint strike fighters will bolster the Air Force’s firepower in the region as the coalition carries out airstrikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan and scattered remnants of the Islamic State.

“We are adding a cutting-edge weapons system to our arsenal that significantly enhances the capability of the coalition,” said Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella, commander of AFCENT, in the release. “The sensor fusion and survivability this aircraft provides to the joint force will enhance security and stability across the theater and deter aggressors.”

The F-35A is a stealth fighter with an advanced sensor package that was designed to replace aging air frames such as the F-16 and A-10. The Air Force said it is designed to fuse, integrate and share data with other assets on the battlefield.

“The F-35A provides our nation air dominance in any threat,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein said in the release. “When it comes to having a quarterback for the coalition joint force, the inter-operable F-35A is clearly the aircraft for the leadership role.”

“During their deployment, the Airmen will fly operational and other missions as assigned,” she said. “Consistent with operations security, we will not discuss employment details in advance. The F-35A and their crews will bring the advanced capabilities to the CENTCOM commander’s wide range of options.”

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/04/15/f-35-deploys-to-middle-east-for-first-time/

Notable: Eric "Nuke 'Em" Swalwell Wants To Take Your Guns And Jail Anyone Who Resists

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-16/eric-nuke-em-swalwell-wants-take-your-guns-and-jail-anyone-who-resists

Eric "Nuke 'Em" Swalwell Wants To Take Your Guns And Jail Anyone Who Resists

Cum and get them Cumswallower…….

By the way Cumswallower when you cum for them remember to bring a body bag….your going to need it for yourself.

Notable: Needs anon eyes for Q Proof? Patriot's Day Parade

Patriots Day Parade

https://twitter.com/ArmyCorpsNAD/status/1118131926974586880?s=19

Notable: Erdogan's AK Party submits appeal for rerun of Istanbul elections

>>6198463

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-election-idUSKCN1RS19L

Erdogan's AK Party submits appeal for rerun of Istanbul elections

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party has submitted its appeal for the annulment and rerun of Istanbul’s municipal elections, broadcaster CNN Turk said on Tuesday, more than two weeks after the vote.

Initial results showed the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) narrowly won control of Turkey’s biggest city in the elections, seemingly ending 25 years of control of a key power center by the AK Party and its Islamist predecessors.

AK Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman Ali Ihsan Yavuz submitted his party’s extraordinary appeal for the annulment and renewal of the elections to Turkey’s High Election Board (YSK) with three suitcases full of documents, CNN Turk said.

If the appeal is approved, renewed elections will take place on the first Sunday 60 days after the initial vote, which will be on June 2. If rejected, the results will be finalised and the winner will receive their mandate to start working.

Repeated AKP challenges have fueled frustration among CHP supporters, which spilled over into football stadiums at the weekend when fans chanted at top Istanbul derby matches for the mayoral mandate to be given to their candidate.

The political uncertainty has added to unease in financial markets. After the latest AK Party comment the lira weakened to 5.8250 against the dollar, it weakest since March 22, bringing its losses this year to 9 percent.

The AK Party has already lost control of the capital Ankara, as well as other key cities across the country. Defeat in Istanbul, where Erdogan was mayor in the 1990s, would be an even greater blow to the president.

Notable: KEK anon: Somebody shit in the dough? Chips Ahoy recall alert

https://twitter.com/ktnv/status/1118159195310661633?s=21

Somebody shit in the dough?

Notable: White House Excludes Liberal Jewish Groups From Mystery Meeting

Anons! This is fucking interesting!

White House Excludes Liberal Jewish Groups From Mystery Meeting

https://forward.com/news/422656/zoa-white-house-liberal-jewish/

Notable: IRANIAN FM OFFERS TO SEND REVOLUTIONARY GUARD TROOPS TO VENEZUELA

IRANIAN FM OFFERS TO SEND REVOLUTIONARY GUARD TROOPS TO VENEZUELA

APRIL 16, 2019 08:16

The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif offered to send troops from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to Venezuela to protect President Nicolas Maduro, according to Channel 13 news.

The offer comes in the midst of an economic and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. In January, Juan Guaido declared himself leader of Venezuela in a power struggle with socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

Source:

https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Iranian-FM-offers-to-send-Revolutionary-Guard-troops-to-Venezuela-586980

Moar:

https://davidharrisjr.com/politics/iran-sending-elite-troops-to-venezuela-to-aid-maduro/

https://www.newsweek.com/iran-russia-venezuela-china-military-1390583

Build up of Iran going to Venezuela in the news since Feb 3rd, 2019

Notable: Italy – 1 in 5 arrests are foreigners despite making up only 8.7 percent of the population

Italy – 1 in 5 arrests are foreigners despite making up only 8.7 percent of the population

Newly released statistical data from Italy’s national police force show that approximately one fifth – twenty percent – of all the arrests made in the country during 2018 were of foreigners.

According to the Italian newspaper Il Giornale, the crime report asserted that of the 5,173 individuals who were arrested by Italy’s police force in 2018, 990 of them were foreign-born nationals.

In the report, the police included that of the foreign-born nationals who were arrested, Nigerian and Albanian nationals were the largest groups represented in the statistics, followed only by Moroccans, Romanians, and Tunisians.

The amount of arrests – about one in five – contrasts drastically with the percentage of the entire foreign-born population living in the country which sits at a mere 8.7 percent or below one in ten, as per Italy’s official demographic statistics.

In recent years, Italy has developed significant issues with Nigerian mafia gangs. A large scale bust in February showed that one of the mafia groups was employing occult voodoo rituals and threats of violence to maintain trafficked sex workers conforming to their tyrannical orders.

The busted mafia gang was later shown to be a small piece of a much larger crime network out of Nigeria and Libya which would organize the illegal trafficking of women into Italy so that they could later be made to work on the street as sex slaves.

Last year, Alessandro Meluzzi, an Italian criminologist helped to make public the extraordinary brutality of the Nigerian gangs when it was uncovered that the number one suspect in the barbarous murder and dismemberment of Italian teenager Pamela Mastropietro had been a Nigerian drug dealer with links to Nigerian organized crime.

Meluzzi, who was involved first hand with the case, had this to say about those involved with Nigerian organized crime: “What we have seen in the case of Pamela are the same methods the Nigerian mafia systematically employs in Nigeria and elsewhere. It is a routine to cut victims into pieces and, in some cases, to eat parts of their bodies.”

https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/04/italy-1-in-5-arrests-are-foreigners-despite-making-up-only-8-7-percent-of-the-population/

Notable: POTUS_Schedule twat: "Behind the Obama administration’s shady plan to spy on the Trump campaign."

https://twitter.com/45_Schedule/status/1118147312033914881

POTUS_Schedule

‏ @45_Schedule

23m23 minutes ago

"Behind the Obama administration’s shady plan to spy on the Trump campaign."

Behind the Obama administration’s shady plan to spy on the Trump campaign

By Andrew C. McCarthy

April 15, 2019 | 11:07pm

https://nypost.com/2019/04/15/behind-the-obama-administrations-shady-plan-to-spy-on-the-trump-campaign/

In Senate testimony last week, Attorney General William Barr used the word “spying” to refer to the Obama administration, um, spying on the Trump campaign. Of course, fainting spells ensued, with the media-Democrat complex in meltdown. Former FBI Director Jim Comey tut-tutted that he was confused by Barr’s comments, since the FBI’s “surveillance” had been authorized by a court.

(Needless to say, the former director neglected to mention that the court was not informed that the bureau’s “evidence” for the warrants was unverified hearsay paid for by the Clinton campaign.)

The pearl-clutching was predictable. Less than a year ago, we learned the Obama administration had used a confidential informant — a spy — to approach at least three Trump campaign officials in the months leading up to the 2016 election, straining to find proof that the campaign was complicit in the Kremlin’s hacking of Democratic emails.

As night follows day, we were treated to the same Beltway hysteria we got this week: Silly semantic carping over the word “spying” — which, regardless of whether a judge authorizes it, is merely the covert gathering of intelligence about a suspected wrongdoer, organization or foreign power.

There is no doubt that the Obama administration spied on the Trump campaign. As Barr made clear, the real question is: What predicated the spying? Was there a valid reason for it, strong enough to overcome our norm against political spying? Or was it done rashly? Was a politically motivated decision made to use highly intrusive investigative tactics when a more measured response would have sufficed, such as a “defensive briefing” that would have warned the Trump campaign of possible Russian infiltration?

Last year, when the “spy” games got underway, James Clapper, Obama’s director of national intelligence, conceded that, yes, the FBI did run an informant — “spy” is such an icky word — at Trump campaign officials; but, we were told, this was merely to investigate Russia. Cross Clapper’s heart, it had nothing to do with the Trump campaign. No, no, no. Indeed, the Obama administration only used an informant because — bet you didn’t know this — doing so is the most benign, least intrusive mode of conducting an investigation.

Me? I’m thinking the tens of thousands of convicts serving lengthy sentences due to the penetration of their schemes by informants would beg to differ. (Gee, Mr. Gambino, I assure you, this was just for you own good . . .) And imagine the Democrats’ response if, say, the Bush administration had run a covert intelligence operative against Obama 2008 campaign officials, including the campaign’s co-chairman. Surely David Axelrod, Chuck Schumer, The New York Times and Rachel Maddow would chirp that “all is forgiven” once they heard Republicans punctiliously parse the nuances between “spying” and “surveillance”; between “spies” and “informants”; and between investigating campaign officials versus investigating the campaign proper — and the candidate.

More at Link!

Notable: New DJT twat w/ CAP: So weird to watch Crazy Bernie on FoxNews

>>6198254

>>6198254

New DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1118155023849017345

>>6198254

N C - (minus?) N O

14+3=17/Q

Notable: VIDEO: Antifa Stages Protest Outside Trump Adviser Stephen Miller’s Home, Cast ‘Curses’ Upon Him

VIDEO: Antifa Stages Protest Outside Trump Adviser Stephen Miller’s Home, Cast ‘Curses’ Upon Him

Leftist activists have once again held a flash mob style protest at the home of President Donald Trump’s senior policy adviser Stephen Miller.

The group also cast “curses” upon him, including “may you turn into a blintz and be snatched up by a cat,” “may you have thunder in your belly and lightning in your pants,” and”let no evil eye avoid him,” journalist Ford Fischer reported on Twitter.

Tonight protesters held a flashmob outside Trump advisor Stephen Miller's apartment, where they cast out "curses" on him including "may you turn into a blintz and be snatched up by a cat" "may you have thunder in your belly and lightning in your pants" "let no evil eye avoid him" pic.twitter.com/nPhbiHKypK

— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) April 16, 2019

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/04/video-antifa-stages-protest-outside-trump-adviser-stephen-millers-home-cast-curses-upon-him/

Notable: Ohio Democrat Drafts Amendment Seeking To Make Black Babies Exempt From Pro-Life Law

Is there any question why Black Americans are walking away from the Democrat Party

Ohio Democrat Drafts Amendment Seeking To Make Black Babies Exempt From Pro-Life Law

By AMANDA PRESTIGIACOMO

April 15, 2019

A female Democrat state representative from Ohio, Rep. Janine Boyd, drafted an amendment last week seeking to have black babies exempted from pro-life legislation dubbed the "heartbeat bill," which bars babies with detectable heartbeats (around six weeks gestation) from being killed via abortion. As reported by LifeNews, Boyd's bill "would have given an exemption to African American women to abort their unborn babies for any reason up to the state’s current abortion limit, 20 weeks.”

Ironically, Boyd "likened restrictions on abortion to slavery as she urged her fellow lawmakers to support the measure," the outlet noted.

“Black slaves were once treated like cattle and put out to stud in order to create generations of more slaves,” argued the Democrat. “Our country is not far enough beyond our history to legislate as if it is.”

Thankfully, Amendment 0291 failed, and the heartbeat bill was signed by Republican Governor Mike DeWine on Friday.

Former Planned Parenthood executive turned pro-life advocate Abby Johnson ripped Boyd's targeted amendment, snarking that "apparently a 38% national abortion rate in the African-American community isn’t enough

Https://www.dailywire.com/news/45999/ohio-democrat-creates-amendment-giving-black-amanda-prestigiacomo

Notable: New DJT twat w/ CAP: No Collusion - No Obstruction

>>6197981

New DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1118145749148209153

Notable: Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/mark-zuckerberg-leveraged-facebook-user-data-fight-rivals-help-friends-n994706

Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg oversaw plans to consolidate the social network’s power and control competitors by treating its users’ data as a bargaining chip, while publicly proclaiming to be protecting that data, according to about 4,000 pages of leaked company documents largely spanning 2011 to 2015 and obtained by NBC News.

The documents, which include emails, webchats, presentations, spreadsheets and meeting summaries, show how Zuckerberg, along with his board and management team, found ways to tap Facebook’s trove of user data — including information about friends, relationships and photos — as leverage over companies it partnered with.

In some cases, Facebook would reward favored companies by giving them access to the data of its users. In other cases, it would deny user-data access to rival companies or apps.

Notable: Texas border mayor begs for relief: ‘We’re tired … we don’t want to go through this anymore’

Texas border mayor begs for relief: ‘We’re tired … we don’t want to go through this anymore’

April 16, 2019 | Frieda Powers | Print Article

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/04/16/texas-border-mayor-begs-for-relief-were-tired-we-dont-want-to-go-through-this-anymore-745139

A Democratic mayor in a Texas border town is “sick” of being caught in the middle of the political “blame game” being played by Washington, D.C. lawmakers.

Laredo’s Mayor Pete Saenz, who said he supports some form of physical barrier along the area, came after Republicans and Democrats alike during a city council meeting earlier this month, Breitbart News reported.

But he expressed his frustration with the politics stalling any progress on the “broken asylum system” as the meeting addressed a resolution calling on President Trump not to move ahead with his suggested plan to close the border as a large part of the commercial trade into Texas comes through the city of Laredo.

“We’re in the crossfire of both Democrats, Republicans, the president,” Saenz said at the April 4 meeting. “To be honest with you, I’m sick of it — you know, the blame game — I’m sick of it.”

“We’re tired,” the mayor stated.

“We don’t want to go through this anymore,” he added, telling district representative and senators that “real lives are being impacted down here.”

“We know what the solutions are,” he continued. “But, there’s no political will — this gaming, this back and forth — at our expense.”

The city had asked the government to carry out “immigration reform” in a letter sent to Washington, Laredo Fire Chief Steve Landin said following the mayor’s remarks.

“I told the congressman today, ‘you guys, over there, need to get your act together and get both parties together and come up with some laws that are going to try to minimize all these asylum claims,” Landin said.

According to Breitbart:

Landin said that in working with the local charities who are providing shelters for the hundreds of migrants being dropped off in Laredo by ICE and Border Patrol agents he learned that migrants who have lived in the U.S. for a long time have “found out that they can no longer separate families — they are illegally crossing the border back into Mexico, go pick up their families, and come back and present themselves.”

The chief said that immigration officials then give the migrants a court date that he said some will honor. “But I can probably put money down that a lot won’t.”

Saenz expressed support for a bill being considered by the Texas Legislature which seeks to use money from the state’s “rainy day fund” in order to build barriers along the border in Webb and Maverick Counties. The bill would “provide more local input where we can work with the governor and decide what is best for our (area),” the mayor indicated.

“Let’s be real honest,” City Council Member George Altget weighed in, pinning some of the blame for the migrant crisis at the southern U.S. border on Mexico’s government.

“Mexico is gathering up, at the Guatemalan border, the next caravan and they’re shepherding them to our doorstep — with an escort,” Altget said.

“Mexico is not doing its part,” he added. “The resolution should include language that tells Mexico very clearly, ‘Quit delivering this problem to our doorstep.’ It’s not fair.”

Part of the resolution being discussed in the meeting, which passed on a 5-0 vote, read:

“Laredo, Texas, is a safe city, that trade is the solution and not the problem, directing Mexico to stop shepherding caravans of illegal immigrants to Laredo’s port, urging more personnel for border security, and, where needed, strategic infrastructure, urging the federal government to provide a better worker visa program, and include local crime statistics.”

Saenz had spoken earlier this month against the proposed closing of the border which he suggested would be devastating to the economies of Laredo and Texas.

“We gotta stay away from that rhetoric of closing the border. There’s no declaration of war, the imminent danger we don’t see,” he told the Texas Standard. “Obviously, we do have issues and we agree with the president, but I think … the solution lies with Congress and, of course, our president as well.”

“Congress hasn’t acted, neither for changes in the asylum law, nor comprehensive immigration reform, and that’s what we need. But they’re playing games and we’ve had enough of that here at the border,” Saenz said.

Notable: (lb) Andy McCarthy's OpEd column

New DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1118137564173565955

Notable: New DJT twat w/ CAP: “Dirty dealings of dirt devils who concocted Trump-Russia probe.”

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1118137564173565955?s=19

Notable: Notre Dame President Won’t Ban Campus Porn

Notre Dame President Won’t Ban Campus Porn

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (ChurchMilitant.com) - The president of Notre Dame has pushed back against calls to block access to pornography on the campus wifi.

In October last year, a group of around 80 male Notre Dame students called for a campus-wide porn filter in a letter to the editor in student-run newspaper The Observer. The open letter noted that an online petition supporting the cause already had about 1,000 signatures from students, faculty and staff.

Enough Is Enough (EIE), a group promoting internet safety for children and families, sent a letter to Notre Dame in early February backing the call for a porn filter on campus wifi. EIE also sent administrators an online petition that had garnered about 10,000 signatures. At time of publication, the signature count had reached 12,500.

About a month later, Notre Dame's president, Fr. John Jenkins, sent a brief reply letter to EIE. Jenkins said in the three-sentence response, "Thank you for the letter of February 4. Although we do not believe a mandatory filter is the best solution for us, we are taking steps to encourage students and others to adopt filters voluntarily."

After receiving Fr. Jenkins' response, EIE updated the petition on April 2. The update states in part, "The 'voluntarily opt-in' suggestion does nothing to resolve the issues at hand nor the original request to filter university WiFi from pornography and child pornography."

It also says, "Notre Dame students calling for the WiFi filter won't settle for an 'opt-in' solution, and neither will Enough Is Enough!"

Donna Rice Hughes, president and CEO of EIE, commented on Fr. Jenkins' response:

It is disappointing that the University of Notre Dame is ignoring the persistent pleas of their students to filter the university's public WiFi from pornography and child sex abuse images, which is consistent with the call of Pope Francis to protect children from "extreme pornography … online trafficking … and live viewing acts of rape and violence against minors."

"By providing safe WiFi," Hughes continued, "the University can provide students a wholesome online and offline environment, stand up for the dignity of all people and honor the Pope's Declaration of Rome."

This is a reference to the 2017 joint statement from a conference in Rome focused on internet safety for children. It called for governments, tech companies and others to take measures against child sexual abuse, cyberbullying and other things that are gravely harmful to children.

https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/notre-dame-president-wont-ban-campus-porn

Notable: Pelosi appears to take new jab at AOC, says ‘a glass of water’ with a ‘D’ could win their districts

>>6197392

a "watch the water" kek from NP

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-a-glass-of-water-with-d-next-to-it-would-win-ocasio-cortezs-district

Notable: Alumna, mom of current student pleads with Notre Dame to ‘take a stand’ on porn.

NOTABLE?

And then there is stuff like this - 3 days before the fire..

Alumna, mom of current student pleads with Notre Dame to ‘take a stand’ on porn

'SOUTH BEND, Indiana, April 12, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — An alumna and mother of a student of Notre Dame is asking university president Rev. John Jenkins in a letter to grant a student petition for a campus-wide pornography filter for the university’s WiFi internet service.

Molly Kraker is a graduate of the Catholic university in South Bend, Indiana, who also identifies herself as the mother of a current student and wife of an alumnus. She refers to a petition circulated by Notre Dame student James Martinson, who wants the university to install a filter making 200 pornography sites inaccessible on Notre Dame Wi-Fi networks.

“In our over-sexualized culture, men and women are bombarded with pornographic material. A significant number of male and female students are imploring you to take a stand and install a filter to block online pornography on Our Lady’s campus. These brave students are asking you to guide them in their quest to lead chaste lives,” Kraker states in her letter. (Read the full letter below, courtesy of the Sycamore Trust.)

“We are called to live out our faith radically in a world awash in sin and selfishness and you are uniquely placed to help show young Catholic students how to do exactly that. To be truly obedient to our beautiful faith and embrace it fully, counter-culturally, boldly … though the odds be great or small,” she writes.

Besides the student petition, Enough is Enough — a nonprofit dedicated to making the internet safe for children — is circulating on CitizenGo the “Notre Dame: NO Free Porn on Campus WiFi!” petition, which has more than 12,500 signatures.

According to Kraker’s letter, Vice President of Communications Paul Browne responded to the students’ call for a pornography filter: “God’s given us the choice of whether to be sinners or not.” As for Rev. Jenkins, he wrote to Enough is Enough: “Although we do not believe a mandatory filter is the best solution for us, we are taking steps to encourage students and others to adopt filters voluntarily. Thank you for your thoughts on this matter.”

Recently, the student government at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. similarly asked for a pornography filter on the campus-wide Wi-Fi. In addition, LifeSiteNews has launched an online petition to administrators at the Catholic University of America to ban internet porn.

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “Pornography consists in removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners, in order to display them deliberately to third parties. It offends against chastity because it perverts the conjugal act, the intimate giving of spouses to each other. It does grave injury to the dignity of its participants (actors, vendors, the public), since each one becomes an object of base pleasure and illicit profit for others. It immerses all who are involved in the illusion of a fantasy world. It is a grave offense. Civil authorities should prevent the production and distribution of pornographic materials.”

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/alumna-mom-of-current-student-pleads-with-notre-dame-to-take-a-stand-on-porn

Notable: House Democrat to Top Bankers: "You Appear to Be White Men" (Video)

More democratic racism

House Democrat to Top Bankers: "You Appear to Be White Men" (Video)

This is all that matters to the Democrat Party.

Race.

Liberal Democrat and Trump-hater Al Green asked top bankers to identify their race at a committee hearing last Wednesday.

It’s all about identity politics.

That’s all that matters.

CNS News reported:

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) asked seven of the nation’s leading bankers on Wednesday to confirm their race.

“As I look at the panel, and I’m grateful for your attendance, the–the eye would perceive that the seven of you have something in common. You appear to be white men. I may be mistaken,” Green said at a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee.

“If one among you happens to be something other than a white male, would you kindly extend a hand into the air? Kindly let the record reflect that there are no hands in the air and that the panel is made up of white men,”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/04/house-democrat-to-top-bankers-you-appear-to-be-white-men-video/

Notable: Bernie Sanders Explodes When Asked About His Taxes, Hypocrisy Called Out

NOTABLE AS FUCK–SOCIALISM!!

Ut Oh!

Bernie Sanders sounds like a fool when challenged on his taxes

Bret Baier calls out millionaire Bernie Sanders and asks him why he accepted tax breaks when he claims rich people should be taxed more

Sanders: “Pfft…come on…I am, I paid the taxes that I owe…why don’t you get Donald Trump up here and ask him how much he pays in taxes”

WATCH: Bernie Sanders Explodes When Asked About His Taxes, Hypocrisy Called Out

Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders exploded on Monday when asked during a Fox News town hall about accepting tax breaks that he voted against and why he did not send the money back given the fact that he constantly is claiming that the wealthy need to pay more in taxes.

Fox News host Bret Baier first pressed Sanders on the issue, to which Sanders responded: "Pfft…come on…I am, I paid the taxes that I owe…why don’t you get Donald Trump up here and ask him how much he pays in taxes."

Bret Baier calls out millionaire Bernie Sanders and asks him why he accepted tax breaks when he claims rich people should be taxed more

Sanders: “Pfft…come on…I am, I paid the taxes that I owe…why don’t you get Donald Trump up here and ask him how much he pays in taxes” pic.twitter.com/MNAVs3TOnv

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) April 15, 2019

A few moments later, Fox News host Martha MacCallum pressed Sanders again on the issue, asking: "So would you be willing to pay 52% on the money that you made? You can volunteer, you can send it back."

"You can volunteer too," Sanders responded. "Martha, why don’t you give? You make more money than I do."

"I didn’t suggest a wealth tax," MacCallum replied.

"And she’s not running for president," Baier added.

MacCallum: “So would you be willing to pay 52% on the money that you made? You can volunteer, you can send it back”

Bernie: “You can volunteer too…why don’t you give? You make more money than I do”

M: “I didn’t suggest a wealth tax”

Baier: “And she’s not running for POTUS”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/46004/watch-bernie-sanders-explodes-when-asked-about-his-ryan-saavedra

Notable: >>6197218 Citizen Donald Trump twats from 2014 on vaccination

I located 9 tweets. Note the sauce is embedded in the tweet.

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/185734595864563712

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/190831719509786624

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/191252489004257280

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/449329067192762368

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/449331076528615424